Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (6): 968-973.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.06.024

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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for osteoarthritis: its possibility and future

Zhang Ping-ping, Xiang Chuan   

  1. Orthopedics Laboratory, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Revised:2013-12-10 Online:2014-02-05 Published:2014-02-05
  • Contact: Xiang Chuan, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Orthopedics Laboratory, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • About author:Zhang Ping-ping, Studying for master’s degree, Orthopedics Laboratory, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Nowadays treatment of osteoarthritis with drugs is not ideal. In recent years, more and more scientists try to use stem cells to treat osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis in order to promote its clinical application and find out its difficulties.
METHODS: A computer-based online search of PubMed database and CNKI database between March 1998 and October 2013 was performed to search related articles with the key words of “stem cell, osteoarthritis, bone metabolism, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells” in English or in Chinese, respectively. The word “AND” was used for the connection between the word retrieval. Literatures related to stem cells treatment for osteoarthritis were selected; in the same field, the articles published lately in authoritative journals were preferred.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 79 literatures were primarily selected, and 50 documents were involved for summary according to inclusion criteria. The stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis is realized mainly by promoting the repair of cartilage tissue. Commonly used methods are stem cell transplantation and induced differentiation of stem cells. Stem cell treatment has broad application prospects for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程


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Key words: stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, bone marrow, osteoarthritis, cartilage, tissue therapy

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