| Literature DB >> 26064202 |
Cheng Wang1, Yu Wang1, Hao-Ye Meng1, Xue-Ling Yuan1, Xiao-Long Xu1, Ai-Yuan Wang1, Quan-Yi Guo1, Jiang Peng1, Shi-Bi Lu1.
Abstract
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a type of common and refractory disease in the orthopedic clinic that is primarily caused by a partial obstruction of the blood supply to the femoral head, resulting in a series of pathological processes. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) comprise a mixture of various stem cells in myeloid tissue with multipotential differentiation capacity. They can differentiate into bone cells under specific conditions and can be used to treat ONFH through cell transplantation. This review summarizes research on MSCs in the field of ONFH in recent years, reveals the inner characteristics of MSCs, describes their potential to treat osteonecrosis disease, and analyzes the existing challenges of using MSCs in clinical applications.Entities:
Keywords: Osteonecrosis; femoral head; gene-transfected; mesenchymal stem cells; tissue engineering; transplantation
Year: 2015 PMID: 26064202 PMCID: PMC4443036
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Clin Exp Med ISSN: 1940-5901