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. 2014 Sep 24;6(255):255fs37.
doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010168.

Burned to the bone

Jonathan A Forsberg  1 , Thomas A Davis  1 , Eric A Elster  2 , Jeffrey M Gimble  3
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Burned to the bone

Jonathan A Forsberg et al. Sci Transl Med. .

Abstract

Heterotopic ossification--a complication of severe burns, head or blast injuries, and orthopaedic trauma--can result from altered adenosine metabolism in mesenchymal stem cells in response to elevated extracellular ATP (Peterson et al., this issue).

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  • Treatment of heterotopic ossification through remote ATP hydrolysis.
    Peterson JR, De La Rosa S, Eboda O, Cilwa KE, Agarwal S, Buchman SR, Cederna PS, Xi C, Morris MD, Herndon DN, Xiao W, Tompkins RG, Krebsbach PH, Wang SC, Levi B. Peterson JR, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Sep 24;6(255):255ra132. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008810. Sci Transl Med. 2014. PMID: 25253675 Free PMC article.

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