OSTEOGENIC ACTIVITY OF THE FOURTEEN TYPES OF HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS (BMPS)

Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) are known to promote osteogenesis, and clinical trials are currently underway to evaluate the ability of certain BMPs to promote fracture-healing and spinal fusion. The optimal BMPs to be used in different clinical applications have not been elucidated, and a comprehensive evaluation of the relative osteogenic activity of different BMPs is lacking.To identify the BMPs that may possess the most osteoinductive...