Polyamine delivery as a tool to modulate stem cell differentiation in skeletal tissue engineering

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 717-728

  Borzì, Rosa Maria ^a   Guidotti, Serena ^a,b   Minguzzi, Manuela ^a,b   Facchini, Annalisa ^b   Platano, Daniela ^a,b   Trisolino, Giovanni ^a   Filardo, Giuseppe ^a   Cetrullo, Silvia ^b   D'Adamo, Stefania ^b   Stefanelli, Claudio ^b   Facchini, Andrea ^a,b   Flamigni, Flavio ^b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipose derived stem cells; Apoptosis; Osteogenesis; Polyamines; Skeleton development

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; AUTOPHAGY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CHONDROGENESIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYAMINES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84896319132     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1607-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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