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SUBMITTER: Macias I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8306037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Macías Iratxe I Alcorta-Sevillano Natividad N Infante Arantza A Rodríguez Clara I CI
International journal of molecular sciences 20210720 14
Bone damage leading to bone loss can arise from a wide range of causes, including those intrinsic to individuals such as infections or diseases with metabolic (diabetes), genetic (osteogenesis imperfecta), and/or age-related (osteoporosis) etiology, or extrinsic ones coming from external insults such as trauma or surgery. Although bone tissue has an intrinsic capacity of self-repair, large bone defects often require anabolic treatments targeting bone formation process and/or bone grafts, aiming ...[more]