Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (19): 3107-3111.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.19.026

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Drug therapies for osteoporosis and application of stem cells in bone regeneration medicine: the current and future

Lin Yuan, Tao Shu-qing   

  1. Second Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Online:2015-05-06 Published:2015-05-06
  • Contact: Tao Shu-qing, Master, Chief physician, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Second Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • About author:Lin Yuan, Studying for master’s degree, Second Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Besides drug therapy, regenerative therapy is now a matter of global interest in treating osteoporosis. Therefore, it is also important to find better candidate cells.
OBJECTIVE: To cognize the status of drug therapies for osteoporosis and stem cells as regenerative therapy.
METHODS: A computer-based search of PubMed was performed by the first author to retrieve articles relevant to stem cell therapy for osteoporosis published from January 2000 to December 2014. The keywords were “osteoporosis, drug therapy, bone regenerative medicine, stem cell therapy”, which appeared in the title, abstract or keywords, and the relevant references were also looked up. Articles published recently or in authoritative journals were preferred, and finally 39 articles were included in result analysis. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Yoshikazu Mikami and co-workers from Japan found two novel bone formation accelerators, SST-VEDI and SSH-BMI, which provides a new direction for related studies on drug therapy. Due to
the osteogenesis ability, lack of ethical controversy and less damage, de-differentiated fat cells and pulp stem cells may be promising candidate cells for bone regeneration medicine.

Key words: Osteoporosis, Bone Regeneration, Stem Cells, Drug Therapy

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