Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties.

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI or brittle bone disease) is a disorder of connective tissues caused by mutations in the collagen genes. We previously showed that intrauterine transplantation of human blood fetal stem/stromal cells in OI mice (oim) resulted in a significant reduction of bone fracture. Th...

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Main Authors: Vanleene, M, Saldanha, Z, Cloyd, K, Jell, G, Bou-Gharios, G, Bassett, J, Williams, G, Fisk, N, Oyen, M, Stevens, M, Guillot, P, Shefelbine, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011