Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Overview

Journal J Orthop Translat

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2020 Sep 11

PMID 32913710

Citations 56

Authors

Yancheng Song

Junhui Zhang

Hualiang Xu

Zhujian Lin

Hong Chang

Wei Liu

Ling Kong

Affiliations

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Abstract

The Translational Potential Of This Article: This study provided the best available evidence and a wider perspective to MSCs application in the management of knee OA. MSCs therapy will have great translational potential in the clinical treatment of various degenerative diseases once optimum formula and explicit target population are identified.

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