Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 1107-1110.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.06.026

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Gene-modified bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for repair of articular cartilage injury

Lai Jian-ming, Lin Jian-hua   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, Fujian Province, China
  • Received:2012-11-17 Revised:2012-12-20 Online:2013-02-05 Published:2013-02-05
  • About author:Lai Jian-ming★, Master, Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, Fujian Province, China rangoo_lan@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have the potential of self-renewal and multiple differentiations, and can be induced into osteoblasts and chondrocytes under certain conditions, so they have been widely used for articular cartilage repair in recent studies.
OBJECTIVE: To review application of gene-modified bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in repair of articular cartilage injury.
METHODS: A computer-based online retrieval of PubMed database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed) was performed by the first author to search papers regarding gene-modified bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for repair of articular cartilage injury using the English key words “cartilage, gene therapy, mesenchymal stem cells, tissue engineering, bioactive factor, vector”. After excluding papers with nonrelated and repetitive contents, 15 papers were suitable for final analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have been widely used for repair of articular cartilage injury. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells with specific exogenous gene introduced by transgenic technology could acquire better therapeutic effects in treatment of articular cartilage injury.
 

Key words: stem cells, stem cell review, bone marrow, mesenchymal stem cells, cartilage, gene therapy, gene modification, tissue engineering, biological active factors, vector

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