Abstract
The new strategy to initiate the induction of bone formation is to carve smart, self-inducing geometric cues assembled within biomimetic medical devices. These are endowed with the striking prerogative of differentiating myoblastic and/or pericytic stem cells into osteoblastic-like cells attached to the morphogenetic concavities; osteoblastic-like cells secrete osteogenic gene products of the TGF-β supergene family, further differentiating invading stem cells into osteoblastic-like cells, and initiating bone formation by induction as a secondary response.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 469-479 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Expert Review of Medical Devices |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |