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KMID : 0380420190430040162
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Journal of Prventive Veterinary Medicine
2019 Volume.43 No. 4 p.162 ~ p.166
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Exogenous electrical stimulation drives differentiation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells toward chondrocytes
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Chang Chi-Young
Kim Dong-Hee
Park Ju-Hyun
Noh Jong-Min
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Abstract
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Osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage that gradually deteriorates as common aging-associated disease in humans and animals. There is no cure, but the treatments are available to manage to relieve pain through medication such as steroids. Growing interest has been focused on the role of cell-based therapies using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In addition, mesenchymal stem cells can be isolated from almost adult tissues and known for their potential of becoming cartilage. Clinical and experimental studies indicate that the development of treatment using stem cells is double-edged sword involving a possibility such as tumorigenesis. This study focused on the electrical features during articular cartilage development and hypothesized that external electric fields promote pre-chondrogenic condensation without concern relating to genetic modification or exogenous factors. Here, it has been reported that exogenous direct electric fields drive pre-chondrogenic condensation which is the stage where cartilage formation begins by condensation of stem cells and cartilage cells in the microenvironment of the joint. Time-dependent observations also support the contribution of electrical stimulation (ES) to induce gradual aggregation of MSCs into highly compact structures within 3 days. Collectively, our findings provide the potential of electrical stimulation-driven chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells in the absence of exogenous factors for repair of cartilage defects.
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KEYWORD
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Electrical stimulation, chondrogenesis, mesenchymal stem cell, bone marrow
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