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SUBMITTER: Hu WW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2798583 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu W-W WW Ward B B BB Wang Z Z Krebsbach P H PH
Journal of dental research 20100101 1
Because bone reconstruction in irradiated sites is less than ideal, we applied a regenerative gene therapy method in which a cell-signaling virus was localized to biomaterial scaffolds to regenerate wounds compromised by radiation therapy. Critical-sized defects were created in rat calvariae previously treated with radiation. Gelatin scaffolds containing lyophilized adenovirus encoding BMP-2 (AdBMP-2) or freely suspended AdBMP-2 were transplanted. Lyophilized AdBMP-2 significantly improved bone ...[more]