Journal
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 11, Pages 1080-1093Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.09.008
Keywords
aging; bone regeneration; fracture; osteoporosis; gerontology; tissue engineering; growth factors
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- NIDCR NIH HHS [R01-DE13018-02] Funding Source: Medline
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Clinical experience gives rise to the impression that there are differences in fracture healing in different age groups. It is evident that fractures heal more efficiently in children than in adults. However, minimal objective knowledge exists to evaluate this assumption. Temporal, spatial, and cellular quantitative and qualitative interrelationships, as well as signaling molecules and extracellular matrix have not been comprehensively and adequately elucidated for fracture healing in the geriatric skeleton. The biological basis of fracture healing will provide a context for revealing the pathophysiology of delayed or even impaired bone regeneration in the elderly. We will summarize experimental studies on age-related changes at the cellular and molecular level that will add to the pathophysiological understanding of the compromised bone regeneration capacity believed to exist in the elderly patient. We will suggest why this understanding would be useful for therapeutics focused on bone regeneration, in particular fracture healing at an advanced age. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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