Recombinant Human Bone Growth Factor BMP-2 Synthesized inEscherichia coliCells. Part 2: From Combined Use with Other Protein Factors in Animal Models to Application in Medicine

This review is devoted to current approaches to the combined use of BMP-2 with other protein factors to increase osteoinductivity of recently developed materials. The current trend is to create materials with a low BMP-2 concentration that are efficient in osteoinduction and provide continuous protein release. A number of medications have been developed in Russia and South Korea on the basis of BMP-2 synthesized inE. colicells. The first experience of their use in orthopedics, traumatology, spinal surgery, and dental implantology showed promising results. Also, the possibility of the recombinant BMP-2 use in ophthalmology, and oncology, as well as osteoarthritis treatment, was studied. The databases of PubMed Central (U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)), PubMed (NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)), and e-library (Science Electronic Library) were used to analyze published results.