Clinical Application of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Bone Tissue Engineering

Chatterjea, Anindita and Meijer, Gert and Blitterswijk van, Clemens and Boer de, Jan (2010) Clinical Application of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Bone Tissue Engineering. Stem cells international, 2010 (215625). ISSN 1687-9678

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Abstract:	The gold standard in the repair of bony defects is autologous bone grafting, even though it has drawbacks in terms of availability and morbidity at the harvesting site. Bone-tissue engineering, in which osteogenic cells and scaffolds are combined, is considered as a potential bone graft substitute strategy. Proof-of-principle for bone tissue engineering using mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been demonstrated in various animal models. In addition, 7 human clinical studies have so far been conducted. Because the experimental design and evaluation parameters of the studies are rather heterogeneous, it is difficult to draw conclusive evidence on the performance of one approach over the other. However, it seems that bone apposition by the grafted MSCs in these studies is observed but not sufficient to bridge large bone defects. In this paper, we discuss the published human clinical studies performed so far for bone-tissue regeneration, using culture-expanded, nongenetically modified MSCs from various sources and extract from it points of consideration for future clinical studies.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© The Authors
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Tissue Regeneration (TR)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/80844
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/215625
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