Methods of Cryoprotectant Preservation: Allogeneic Cellular Bone Grafts and Potential Effects

Figure 1

Schematic summary of stages of fracture repair and their associated molecular processes. The relative temporal aspects of each of the stages of the fracture healing process are denoted by basic geometric shapes that also connote the relative intensity of the molecular processes that define each of the stages. The levels of expression are by percent over baseline for each and are not comparable between individual mRNAs. Time frames and strategies to alter repair at various stages are indicated at the bottom of the figure. Reprint from Gerstenfeld and Einhorn [1].