Open AccessBone formation in rabbit’s leg muscle after autologous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells expressing human bone morphogenic protein-2
Author(s) -
Licheng Wei,
Guanghua Lei,
Han-Wen Yi,
Puyi Sheng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.136208
Subject(s) - mesenchymal stem cell , transplantation , bone morphogenetic protein 2 , bone morphogenetic protein , bone marrow , medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , biology , gene , biochemistry
To test whether autologous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) expressing human bone morphogenic protein-2 (hBMP-2) can produce bone in rabbit leg muscles.