Use of allogenic stem cells for the prevention of bone bridge formation in miniature pigs
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Physiological Research |
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| Field | Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery |
| Keywords | growth plate; injury; physis; limb deformity; MSCs |
| Description | The MSCs which we transplanted differentiated in vivo into functional chondrocytes of the growth plate in the form of hyaline cartilage. Preventive transplantation of MSCs in our experiment prevented development of angular deformity and eliminated growth arrest of femur in physeal injuries in pigs. |
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