Research Article

Acceleration of Bone Regeneration in Critical-Size Defect Using BMP-9-Loaded nHA/ColI/MWCNTs Scaffolds Seeded with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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nHACM/B9 scaffolds promote osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs in vitro. (a) There was a significant difference between the BMMSC group and nHACM and nHACM/B9 groups after 4 days of culture. (b) qPCR analysis of osteogenic marker genes indicated that BMMSCs cultured on nHACM scaffolds had increased expression of ColIα1, OCN, and OPN that are important genes to evaluate osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs. Mean±SD; n=3; p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001.

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