SDF-1 promotes endochondral bone repair during fracture healing at the traumatic brain injury condition.

The objective of this study was to investigate the role of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and its receptor, CXCR4, on bone healing and whether SDF-1 contributes to accelerating bone repair in traumatic brain injury (TBI)/fracture model.Real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemic...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqi Liu, Changlong Zhou, Yanjing Li, Ye Ji, Gongping Xu, Xintao Wang, Jinglong Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3551938?pdf=render