Wnt signaling and bone regeneration: Can't have one without the other.

Advances in the understanding of the complexities of the Wnt signaling pathway during development and tissue homeostasis have made the Wnt pathway one of the prime candidates for translational applications during tissue regeneration. Wnts are key components of the stem cell niche and are short range signaling molecules responsible for cellular decisions such as proliferation and differentiation. Systemic treatment using biologics targeting the Wnt signaling pathway have shown promising early results and will likely enter the clinical arena in the near future. This comprehensive review summarizes the intricacies how Wnts function in the context of the bone regeneration.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Biomaterials

• Publication date

  2019-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.03.029PMID 29573821
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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