Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (19): 3083-3088.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.19.022

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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for repair of cartilage defects

Lu Xian-chuang1, Zhang Zhi-feng2, Huang Jian2   

  1. 1Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010059, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China; 2Second Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Online:2015-05-06 Published:2015-05-06
  • Contact: Huang Jian, M.D., Chief physician, Second Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Lu Xian-chuang, Studying for master’s degree, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010059, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:

     the Scientific Millions Engineering of Inner Mongolia Medical University, No. YKD2012KJBW003

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are a kind of non-hematopoietic adult stem cells, mainly distributing in the bone marrow, with strong proliferation and differentiation potential, which has a promising clinical prospect.
OBJECTIVE: To review the latest progress in growth factors and biological scaffolds to promote chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: PubMed and CNKI databases were searched by the first author using key words of “cartilage defects, tissue engineering, biological scaffolds, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, cytokines” in English and in Chinese, respectively, to retrieve relevant articles published from 1990 to 2014. Literatures addressing the chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were included, and 51 articles were chosen for further analysis eventually.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have the potential to differentiate into chondrocytes, which can be induced by many cytokines. Various biological scaffolds act as a carrier for chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. But there are still lots of problems to be solved and in-depth explored clinically.

 

Key words: Bone Marrow, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Cytokines, Tissue Scaffolds

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