Acceleration of bone repair in NOD/SCID mice by human monoosteophils, novel LL-37-activated monocytes.

An incomplete understanding of bone forming cells during wound healing and ectopic calcification has led to a search for circulating cells that may fulfill this function. Previously, we showed that monoosteophils, a novel lineage of calcifying/bone-forming cells generated by treatment of monocytes w...

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Main Authors: Zhifang Zhang, John E Shively
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701041?pdf=render