Imperial College London

DrClaireHiggins

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Bioengineering

Reader in Tissue Regeneration
 
 
 
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Uren 319Sir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Stewart:2020:10.1302/2046-3758.91.BJR-2019-0043.R2,
author = {Stewart, S and Darwood, A and Masouros, S and Higgins, C and Ramasamy, A},
doi = {10.1302/2046-3758.91.BJR-2019-0043.R2},
journal = {Bone and Joint Research},
pages = {1--14},
title = {Mechanotransduction in osteogenesis},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.91.BJR-2019-0043.R2},
volume = {9},
year = {2020}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Bone is one of the most highly adaptive tissues in the body, possessing the capability to alter its morphology and function in response to stimuli in its surrounding environment. The ability of bone to sense and convert external mechanical stimuli into a biochemical response, which ultimately alters the phenotype and function of the cell, is described as mechanotransduction. This review aims to describe the fundamental physiology and biomechanisms that occur to induce osteogenic adaptation of a cell following application of a physical stimulus. Considerable developments have been made in recent years in our understanding of how cells orchestrate this complex interplay of processes, and have become the focus of research in osteogenesis. We will discuss current areas of preclinical and clinical research exploring the harnessing of mechanotransductive properties of cells and applying them therapeutically, both in the context of fracture healing and de novo bone formation in situations such as nonunion.
AU - Stewart,S
AU - Darwood,A
AU - Masouros,S
AU - Higgins,C
AU - Ramasamy,A
DO - 10.1302/2046-3758.91.BJR-2019-0043.R2
EP - 14
PY - 2020///
SN - 2046-3758
SP - 1
TI - Mechanotransduction in osteogenesis
T2 - Bone and Joint Research
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.91.BJR-2019-0043.R2
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74139
VL - 9
ER -