Bone regeneration utilizing ADSCs

• Project/Area Number: 24792253
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Surgical dentistry
• Research Institution: Showa University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIZAWA Yasumasa 昭和大学, 歯学部, 助教 (90433812)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 脂肪幹細胞 / 骨芽細胞 / ハイドロキシアパタイト / 脂肪細胞 / 再生歯学 / スキャフォールド / 骨移植 / 再生医療 / 骨再生 / 軟骨細胞 / Scaffold

Research Abstract

We have suscessfully purified ADSCs from human fat tissue, and investigated the specificity of the cells. Furthermore, we were capable of inducing the cells into osteoblasts by co-culture with hydroxyapatite scaffolds.