Tumor necrosis factor improves vascularization in osteogenic grafts engineered with human adipose-derived stem/stromal cells.

The innate immune response following bone injury plays an important role in promoting cellular recruitment, revascularization, and other repair mechanisms. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) is a prominent pro-inflammatory cytokine in this cascade, and has been previously shown to improve bone formation...

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Main Authors: Daphne L Hutton, Renu Kondragunta, Erika M Moore, Ben P Hung, Xiaofeng Jia, Warren L Grayson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4172477?pdf=render