title: Marine algae possess therapeutic potential for Ca-mineralization via osteoblastic differentiation.
abstract: One of the important natural product investigations from marine algae is to focus on the pharmaceutically important compounds that can be applied in bone health. Osteoporosis is one of the bone diseases caused by an imbalance between bone formation and resorption. Promotion of osteoblast differentiation is one of the best therapeutic ways to combat osteoporosis. Osteoblasts are the cells responsible for bone formation by increasing the proliferation of the osteoblastic lineage or inducing differentiation of the osteoblasts. In this review, we describe the central effects of osteoblast differentiation by various bone therapy biomaterials from marine algae.
authors: Department of Marine Life Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors: Minh Hong Thi
authors: MH
authors: Nguyen
authors: Won-Kyo
authors: WK
authors: Jung
authors: Se-Kwon
authors: SK
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012624:Seaweed
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium