Affiliation:
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Abstract
Notable characteristics of the skeleton are its responsiveness to physical stimuli and its ability to remodel secondary to changing biophysical environments and thereby fulfill its physiological roles of stability and movement. Bone and cartilage cells have many mechanisms to sense physical cues and activate a variety of genes to synthesize structural molecules to remodel their extracellular matrix and soluble molecules for paracrine signaling. This review describes the response of a developmental model of endochondral bone formation which is translationally relevant to embryogenesis, growth, and repair to an externally applied pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF). The use of a PEMF allows for the exploration of morphogenesis in the absence of distracting stimuli such as mechanical load and fluid flow. The response of the system is described in terms of the cell differentiation and extracellular matrix synthesis in chondrogenesis. Emphasis is placed upon dosimetry of the applied physical stimulus and some of the mechanisms of tissue response through a developmental process of maturation. PEMFs are used clinically for bone repair and have other potential clinical applications. These features of tissue response and signal dosimetry can be extrapolated to the design of clinically optimal stimulation.
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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