Concise Review: Stem Cell Fate Guided By Bioactive Molecules for Tendon Regeneration
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Fate Mapping of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Teratoma Formation
Published on: August 1, 2010
Yan-Jie Zhang1,2, Xiao Chen1,2,3, Gang Li3,4,5
1Dr. Li Dak Sum & Yip Yio Chin Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Tendon disorders, which are commonly presented in the clinical setting, disrupt the patients' normal work and life routines, and they damage the careers of athletes. However, there is still no effective treatment for tendon disorders. In the field of tissue engineering, the potential of the therapeutic application of exogenous stem cells to treat tendon pathology has been demonstrated to be promising. With the development of stem cell biology and chemical biology, strategies that use inductive tenogenic factors to program stem cell fate in situ are the most easily and readily translatable to clinical applications. In this review, we focus on bioactive molecules that can potentially induce tenogenesis in adult stem cells, and we summarize the various differentiation factors found in comparative studies. Moreover, we discuss the molecular regulatory mechanisms of tenogenesis, and we examine the various challenges in developing standardized protocols for achieving efficient and reproducible tenogenesis. Finally, we discuss and predict future directions for tendon regeneration. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2018;7:404-414.
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