NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -
Jan. 26, 2015 -
PRLog -- The promise for using mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) to repair cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis depends on the MSC being able to attach efficiently to the defective cartilage. A novel laboratory model in which artificially created cartilage lesions and labeled MSC were used to test factors that might improve MSC binding and the effectiveness of future MSC-based therapies is described in
BioResearch Open Access, a peer-reviewed journal from
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com)
. The article is available on the
BioResearch Open Access (http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
biores.2014.0055)
website.
In the article "β1 Integrins Mediate Attachment of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Cartilage Lesions (http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
biores.2014.0055)
,"
D. Zwolanek, PhD, and coauthors, University of Veterinary Medicine (Vienna, Austria), University of Cologne Medical Faculty (Germany), University Medical Center Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
present the results of experiments using a combination of ex vivo and in vivo model systems of defective cartilage. They studied the effects of serum, plasma hyaluronic acid, and various cell adhesion-related proteins such as integrins on the attachment of MSC to the extracellular matrix of the cartilage.
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