A comprehensive overview on utilizing electromagnetic fields in bone regenerative medicine |
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| Authors: | Esmaeel Azadian Bahar Arjmand Zohreh Khodaii |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;3. Dietary supplements and Probiotics research center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;4. Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Stem cells are one of the most important sources to develope a new strategy for repairing bone lesions through tissue engineering. Osteogenic differentiation of stem cells can be affected by various factors such as biological, chemical, physiological, and physical ones. The application of ELF-EMFs has been the subject of many research in bone tissue engineering and evidence suggests that this exogenous physical stimulus can promote osteogenic differentiation in several types of cells. The purpose of this paper is to review the current knowledge on the effects of EMFs on stem cells in bone tissue engineering studies. We recapitulated and analyzed 39 articles that were focused on the application of EMFs for bone tissue engineering purposes. We tabulated scattered information from these articles for easy use and tried to provide an overview of conducted research and identify the knowledge gaps in the field. |
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| Keywords: | Bone tissue engineering osteogenesis stem cells electromagnetic fields extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields |
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