Betulin Stimulates Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Osteoblasts-Loaded Alginate–Gelatin Microbeads
Mehmet Ali Karaca,
Derya Dilek Kancagi,
Ugur Ozbek
et al.
Abstract:Osteoporosis, a terminal illness, has emerged as a global public health problem in recent years. The long-term use of bone anabolic drugs to treat osteoporosis causes multi-morbidity in elderly patients. Alternative therapies, such as allogenic and autogenic tissue grafts, face important issues, such as a limited source of allogenic grafts and tissue rejection in autogenic grafts. However, stem cell therapy has been shown to increase bone regeneration and decrease osteoporotic bone formation. Stem cell therapy… Show more
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