Journal: Stem Cells International
Article Title: A Survey of Strategies to Modulate the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Pathway: Current and Future Perspectives
doi: 10.1155/2016/7290686
Figure Lengend Snippet: Examples of engineered BMP pathway activators.
Article Snippet: Several osteogenic proteins were then cloned, expressed as recombinant human proteins, and demonstrated to induce bone formation [ ], heralding the potential for clinical applicability in orthopedics, which came to actualization in 2001 when recombinant human (rh) BMP7 (OP-1, Stryker) received a humanitarian device exemption (HDE) from the US FDA “for use as an alternative to autograft in recalcitrant long bone nonunions where use of autograft is unfeasible and alternative treatments have failed” (FDA).
Techniques: Modification, Activity Assay, Mutagenesis, Variant Assay, Produced, Binding Assay, Inhibition