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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Injury. 2011 Apr 13;42(6):599–604. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.03.032

Table 2.

Transgenes used in experimental models of bone healing by gene transfer

Gene Representative reference
BMP-2 42
BMP-4 56
BMP-6 31
BMP-7 8
BMP-9 29
BMP-2 plus BMP-7 36
TGF-β plus BMP-4 41
IGF-1 59
VEGF 53
VEGF plus BMP-4 53
VEGF plus RANKL 33
PDGF 11
FGF-2 26
LMP-1 69
LMP-3 39
ca Alk-2 35
PTH 1–34 24
PTH 1–34 plus BMP-4 24
COX-2 57
Nell-1 44
Osterix 67
Runx2 74

BMP: Bone Morphogenetic Protein, TGF: Transforming Growth Factor, IGF-1: Insulin-like Growth Factor-1, VEGF: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, PDGF: Platelet-derived growth factor, FGF: Fibroblast Growth Factor, RANKL: Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand, LMP: LIM Mineralization Protein, Ca Alk-2: Constitutively active Alk-2 receptor, PTH: Parathyroid Hormone, COX-2: Cyclooxygenase 2, Nell-1: Nel-like molecule 1