PURPOSE Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP7), a member of the TGF-beta superfamily, is essential for early ocular morphogenesis, and lack of BMP7 causes epithelial development disturbances in the eye. In the present study, the association of tumorigenicity and malignant behavior of human uveal melanoma with BMP7 expression and the possibility that overexpression of BMP7 in uveal melanoma affects...

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is the only cytokine that induces heterotopic new bone. BMP has been classified as a subfamily of TGF superfamily. The most important and essential aspect for clinical application replenishment reinforcement bone defects fragile areas with However, it difficult to ascertain long term results. In this study, we examined osteogenic potential in mouse femoral fasci...

Severe periosteal and soft tissue disruption at the time of fracture may result in the formation of an atrophic nonunion. We have developed a reproducible atrophic nonunion in an animal model. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the immediate application of recombinant human BMP-7 to the fracture site could rescue the healing process in this nonunion model. A total of 56 three mon...

BACKGROUND Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-7 is protective in different animal models of acute and chronic kidney disease. Its role in human kidneys, and in particular hypertensive nephrosclerosis, has thus far not been described. METHODS BMP-7 mRNA was quantified using real-time PCR and localised by immunostaining in tissue samples from normal and nephrosclerotic human kidneys. The impact o...