Repairing damage in the craniofacial skeleton is challenging.Craniofacial bones require intramembranous ossification to generate tissue-engineered bone grafts via angiogenesis and osteogenesis.Here,we designed a miner...Repairing damage in the craniofacial skeleton is challenging.Craniofacial bones require intramembranous ossification to generate tissue-engineered bone grafts via angiogenesis and osteogenesis.Here,we designed a mineralized collagen delivery system for BMP-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)for implantation into animal models of mandibular defects.BMP-2/VEGF were mixed with mineralized collagen which was implanted into the rabbit mandibular.Animals were divided into(i)controls with no growth factors;(ii)BMP-2 alone;or(iii)BMP-2 and VEGF combined.CT and hisomputed tomography and histological staining were performed to assess bone repair.New bone formation was higher in BMP-2 and BMP-2-VEGF groups in which angiogenesis and osteogenesis were enhanced.This highlights the use of mineralized collagen with BMP-2/VEGF as an effective alternative for bone regeneration.展开更多
基金part supported by Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(grant no.:ZR2019PH090)Medicine and Health Science Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province of China(grant nos:2018WS429 and 2017WS503).
文摘Repairing damage in the craniofacial skeleton is challenging.Craniofacial bones require intramembranous ossification to generate tissue-engineered bone grafts via angiogenesis and osteogenesis.Here,we designed a mineralized collagen delivery system for BMP-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)for implantation into animal models of mandibular defects.BMP-2/VEGF were mixed with mineralized collagen which was implanted into the rabbit mandibular.Animals were divided into(i)controls with no growth factors;(ii)BMP-2 alone;or(iii)BMP-2 and VEGF combined.CT and hisomputed tomography and histological staining were performed to assess bone repair.New bone formation was higher in BMP-2 and BMP-2-VEGF groups in which angiogenesis and osteogenesis were enhanced.This highlights the use of mineralized collagen with BMP-2/VEGF as an effective alternative for bone regeneration.