METHODS OF INDUCING CHONDROGENESIS IN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS USING SYNTHETIC TRITERPENOIDS

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14358077

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The present invention relates to methods for enhancing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes and/or inducing chondrogenesis. The invention also relates to applications in the treatment of diseases which can affect cartilage (chondrodystrophies). The present invention also relates to methods of treatment comprising establishing a population of chondrocytes from a population of mesenchymal stem cells, which have been induced to differentiate with a synthetic triterpenoid, and administering the population of cells to a patient.

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESOFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 6701 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE SUITE 700 MSC 7788 BETHESDA MD 20892-7788

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Gribble, Gordon W Lebanon, US 43 1994
Liby, Karen T West Lebanon, US 19 839
Medici, Damian Boston, US 4 19
Robey, Pamela Gehron Bethesda, US 10 115
Sporn, Michael B Tunbridge, US 40 2322
Suh, Nanjoo Bridgewater, US 16 1212

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