Mechanisms for growth plate injury repair and potential cell-based therapies for regeneration

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chung, Rosa ^a   Xian, Cory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cartilage tissue engineering; Chondrogenesis; Growth plate injury; MSCs

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOCALCIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE D; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE INJURY; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROGENESIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH PLATE INJURY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BONE REGENERATION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURIES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE REMODELING; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; CHONDROCYTES; FIBROSIS; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84940250184     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-14-0062     Document Type: Article

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