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[Differentiation of adult human mesenchymal stem cells: chondrogenic effect of BMP-2].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jul 2008
Freyria A-M, Courtes S, Mallein-Gerin F
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Articular cartilage is essential for the motion of the skeleton. However, this tissue is unable to spontaneously repair once injured, since it is avascular and aneural. Numerous repair strategies are developed, but they do not lead to a functional tissue and research into cartilage repair focuses now on tissue engineering technics. Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), present in various tissues, have the potential...
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