Articular cartilage is a smooth, white connective tissue that covers and protects the ends of long bones to allow for a smooth, frictionless surface on which to glide for easy movement. Once the tissue is damaged, articular cartilage lacks a direct blood supply, which results in a limited ability to repair itself. This study explores the effect of the growth factor BMP-13 on the chondroinduction of primary human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. The results demonstrate the limited ability of BMP-13 to exert a strong chondroinductive effect on human bone marrow-derived MSCs. However, the results do indicate that BMP-13 has the ability to sustain chondroinduction to a certain extent for up to 18 days following initiation by 3 days of exposure to TGF-β3. Results are encouraging for future work that involves growth factor influence on MSCs in articular cartilage tissue engineering.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-5330 |
| Date | 12 May 2012 |
| Creators | Zelenka, Hilary Wynne |
| Publisher | Scholars Junction |
| Source Sets | Mississippi State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
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