ISSN: 2161-0681

Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology
Open Access

Our Group organises 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events every year across USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific Societies and Publishes 700+ Open Access Journals which contains over 50000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members.

Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations
700 Journals and 15,000,000 Readers Each Journal is getting 25,000+ Readers

This Readership is 10 times more when compared to other Subscription Journals (Source: Google Analytics)
  • Review Article   
  • J Clin Exp Pathol 2014, Vol 4(4): 186
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-0681.1000186

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Applications for Ligament Repair after Joint Trauma

Dimitrios Kouroupis1*, Sarah M. Churchman2, Peter V. Giannoudis3 and Elena Jones1
1Department of Biomedical Research, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University Campus of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
3University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Leeds, United Kingdom
*Corresponding Author : Dimitrios Kouroupis, PhD, Department of Biomedical Research, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University Campus of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, Tel: +30 26510 07816, Email: kouroupis_d@yahoo.gr

Received Date: Jul 23, 2014 / Accepted Date: Aug 19, 2014 / Published Date: Aug 21, 2014

Abstract

Tendon and ligament injuries are the most common problems in adult health accounting for about half of all musculoskeletal injuries. Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) results in the loss of whole joint stability leading to meniscal rupture, cartilage damage and early osteoarthritis. Arthroscopic reconstruction using autografts or allografts has known drawbacks such as ligament laxity, donor site morbidity and long recovery periods. In addition to the appropriate mechanical environment, several biological factors have been implicated in the ACL healing process including specialised growth factors and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). However, in order to produce a superior molecular and biomechanical ACL there will be always the need to provide a suitable scaffold to ‘house’ MSCs and to provide adequate biomechanical properties in order for the regeneration process to proceed. Understanding the mechanisms of ACL healing following cellular therapy may lead to novel, more effective and biological-based tissue engineering strategies for ACL reconstruction. The focus of this review is the current knowledge of ACL reconstruction after joint trauma when combining MSC and tissue engineering technologies.

Keywords: Mesenchymal stem cells; Joint trauma; Anterior cruciate ligament repair; Provisional scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Citation: Kouroupis D, Churchman SM, Giannoudis PV, Jones E (2014) Mesenchymal Stem Cell Applications for Ligament Repair after Joint Trauma. J Clin Exp Pathol 4:186. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0681.1000186

Copyright: © 2014 Kouroupis sD, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Top