Assessing the role of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP2) in vessel formation during distraction osteogenesis
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP2) is a growth factor needed to initiate fracture repair and is involved in the differentiation of progenitor cells to the osteochondral lineage. Osteogenesis and angiogenesis are coupled processes, however the mechanism by which these processes are coupled and the r...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16794 |