MiR-503 Promotes Bone Formation in Distraction Osteogenesis through Suppressing Smurf1 Expression

Abstract Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a unique technique for promoting bone formation in clinical practice. However the underlying mechanism remains elusive. As epigenetic mediators, microRNAs have been reported to play important roles in regulating osteogenesis. In this study, after successfull...

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Main Authors: Yuxin Sun, Jia Xu, Liangliang Xu, Jinfang Zhang, Kaiming Chan, Xiaohua Pan, Gang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00466-4