Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 1101-1106.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.06.025

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Research progress in differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts

Lei Shuan-hu1,2, Yue Hai-yuan1, Wang Jing2, Wang Yu-liang1   

  1. 1 Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
    2 Gansu Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Disease, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2012-04-19 Revised:2012-05-18 Online:2013-02-05 Published:2013-02-05
  • Contact: Wang Yu-liang, Master’s supervisor, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
  • About author:Lei Shuan-hu★, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China 2006leihc@163.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have the multi-potent differentiation ability, and can be induced to differentiate into the cells of various tissues including bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, liver and nerve.
OBJECTIVE: To review the research progress in induced osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: We retrieved the articles in CHKD database, PubMed database and Wanfang database published from 1995 to 2011 using the key words “bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, osteoblast cells, osteogenic differentiation”. Papers concerning bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were initially included. After excluding papers with repeated or obsolete contents, 34 papers were included in the final analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can rapidly differentiate into osteoblasts and proliferate under suitable induction of growth factors. It holds great promise in future application; moreover, it is easy to obtain, separate, expand, and transfect without apparent immune rejection. However, there are still some problems such as isolation and purification of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, optimal density for differentiation into osteoblasts, oncogenicity, and safety in vivo, which need further investigation.

Key words: stem cells, stem cell review, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, osteoblasts, induced differentiation, regulation, review literature, provincial grants-support paper

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