title: Use of bone morphogenetic proteins in traumatology.
abstract: An estimated 5-10% of all fractures show impaired healing, leading to delayed union, or non-union. Chemical, or physical methods to accelerate bone healing are of great interest to the orthopaedic and trauma community. Research over the last 20 years has established that successful fracture healing is steered by specific growth factors. Of these, the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are probably the most important. The signalling pathway of these proteins is tightly regulated, overseeing a finely orchestrated cascade of events that occur after a fracture. The promising results of BMPs in preclinical studies have recently cleared the way for their use in specific fractures, or non-unions in clinical practice. The purpose of this work is to give a brief overview of BMPs and to review the clinical data currently available on the use of BMPs in fracture healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Westerhuis
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: van Bezooijen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kloen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins