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The systemic influence of platelet-derived growth factors on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in fracture patients.
BMC medicine - 13 Jan 2015
Tan Hiang Boon, Giannoudis Peter V, Boxall Sally A, McGonagle Dennis, Jones Elena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fracture healing is a complex process regulated by a variety of cells and signalling molecules which act both locally and systemically. The aim of this study was to investigate potential changes in patients' mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the iliac crest (IC) bone marrow (BM) and in peripheral blood (PB) in relation to the severity of trauma and to correlate them with systemic changes reflective of...
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