ba0001pp175 | Cell biology: osteoblasts and bone formation | ECTS2013
Siersbaek Majken Storm
, Jafari Abbas
, Zaher Walid
, Chen Li
, Kassem Moustapha
Identifying novel molecules that enhance human skeletal (mesenchymal) stem cells (hMSC) differentiation into osteoblastic bone forming cells (OB), may lead to development of new bone anabolic drugs. We have identified Kix, a small molecule kinase inhibitor that enhanced ex vivo OB differentiation and reduced apoptosis of hMSC. We found that Kix targeted undifferentiated hMSC populations and not their differentiated progeny. In addition, Kix increased in vivo ...