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Comment
. 2015 Apr 15;6(1):78.
doi: 10.1186/s13287-015-0058-5.

Gene- and stem cell-based therapeutics for cartilage regeneration and repair

Ying Tang  1 , Bing Wang  2
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Gene- and stem cell-based therapeutics for cartilage regeneration and repair

Ying Tang et al. Stem Cell Res Ther. .

Abstract

Cell-based regeneration of damaged or diseased articular cartilage still faces significant clinical challenge due to inadequate environmental regulation of stem cell proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation. The role of insulin-like growth factor in critical steps of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenesis has potential in optimizing the therapeutic use of mesenchymal stem cells in cartilage disorders. In addition to the previously described benefits of recombinant adeno-associated viral vector for in vivo gene therapy, demonstrated by Frisch and colleagues, such vector is also a safe and efficient delivery system for the genetic modification of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells via ex vivo insulin-like growth factor 1 gene transfer, so that implanted mesenchymal stem cells continuously release a therapeutic level of insulin-like growth factor 1 to achieve sustained mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenesis for cartilage regeneration.

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