Bone
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 475-484, October 2003

Uniaxial cyclic stretch induces osteogenic differentiation and synthesis of bone morphogenetic proteins of spinal ligament cells derived from patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments

  • M Tanno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan
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  • K.-I Furukawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan. Fax: +81-172-39-5023.
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  • K Ueyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan
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  • S Harata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan
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  • S Motomura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan

Received 17 February 2003; received in revised form 18 May 2003; accepted 21 May 2003.

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PII: S8756-3282(03)00204-7

doi:10.1016/S8756-3282(03)00204-7

Bone
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 475-484, October 2003