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Stem cells and distraction osteogenesis: endothelial progenitor cells home to the ischemic generate in activation and consolidation.

Cetrulo CL, Knox KR, Brown DJ, Ashinoff RL, Dobryansky M, Ceradini DJ, Capla JM, Chang EI, Bhatt KA, McCarthy JG, Gurtner GC. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005; 116 (4): 1053-64; discussion 1065-7

Ischemia is a limiting factor during distraction osteogenesis. The authors sought to determine the extent of ischemia in the distraction zone and whether endothelial progenitor cells home to the distraction zone and participate in local vasculogenesis.

PubMedID: 16163094