REPAIR OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DEFECTS WITH OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN-1 (BMP-7) IN DOGS

Abstract
Background:Articular cartilage injury has a poor prognosis for repair. Mesenchymal cells, when exposed to osteogenic proteins and other cytokines, can differentiate into cells that behave phenotypically as chondrocytes. In this study, we examined the ability of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1