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E A Wang1.
Abstract
The bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) belong to a family of proteins that also includes the transforming growth factors beta (TGF-beta) and the inhibins. The BMPs can induce new bone formation in ectopic sites and therefore have enormous potential in bone repair. Studies of fracture-repair models involving BMP-2 suggest that this factor will be useful in healing bony defects in humans. Basic research on the BMPs predict a variety of activities on morphogenesis in systems other than cartilage and bone.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 7764084 DOI: 10.1016/0167-7799(93)90096-R
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biotechnol ISSN: 0167-7799 Impact factor: 19.536