Local injections of β-NGF accelerates endochondral fracture repair by promoting cartilage to bone conversion

Abstract There are currently no pharmacological approaches in fracture healing designed to therapeutically stimulate endochondral ossification. In this study, we test nerve growth factor (NGF) as an understudied therapeutic for fracture repair. We first characterized endogenous expression of Ngf and...

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Main Authors: Kevin O. Rivera, Fabrizio Russo, Ryan M. Boileau, Ryan E. Tomlinson, Theodore Miclau, Ralph S. Marcucio, Tejal A. Desai, Chelsea S. Bahney
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e82164e31f174f5cb8a8bd6e7fde898b
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