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Assessment of Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Activation for Craniofacial Bone Regeneration in a Critical-Sized Rat Mandibular Defect
Author(s) -
Matthew Q. Miller,
Logan F. McColl,
Michael R. Arul,
Jonathan Nip,
Vedavathi Madhu,
Gina Beck,
Kishan B. Mathur,
Vashaana Sahadeo,
Jason Kerrigan,
Stephen S. Park,
J. Jared Christophel,
Abhijit S. Dighe,
Sangamesh G. Kumbar,
Quanjun Cui
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama facial plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.815
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 2168-6092
pISSN - 2168-6076
DOI - 10.1001/jamafacial.2018.1508
Subject(s) - medicine , regeneration (biology) , craniofacial , bone morphogenetic protein 2 , bone morphogenetic protein , distraction osteogenesis , smoothened , anatomy , surgery , hedgehog signaling pathway , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , signal transduction , neuroscience , psychiatry , gene , distraction , in vitro
Osseous craniofacial defects are currently reconstructed with bone grafting, rigid fixation, free tissue transfer, and/or recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2. Although these treatment options often have good outcomes, they are associated with substantial morbidity, and many patients are not candidates for free tissue transfer.

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