Icaritin, an Exogenous Phytomolecule, Enhances Osteogenesis but Not Angiogenesis—An In Vitro Efficacy Study

Dong Yao; Xin-Hui Xie; Xin-Luan Wang; Chao Wan; Yuk-Wai Lee; Shi-Hui Chen; Duan-Qing Pei; Yi-Xiang Wang; Gang Li; Ling Qin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041264

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Icaritin, an Exogenous Phytomolecule, Enhances Osteogenesis but Not Angiogenesis—An In Vitro Efficacy Study

Dong Yao,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Xin-Hui Xie,

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, China
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Xin-Luan Wang,

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Translational Medicine Research and Development Center, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Chao Wan,

Affiliations Stem Cell and Regeneration Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University-The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ministry of Education of China, Hong Kong
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Yuk-Wai Lee,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Shi-Hui Chen,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Duan-Qing Pei,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Cancer Biology Group, Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, South China Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Yi-Xiang Wang,

Affiliation Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Gang Li,

Affiliation Stem Cells and Regeneration Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Ling Qin

* E-mail: lingqin@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Translational Medicine Research and Development Center, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Icaritin, an Exogenous Phytomolecule, Enhances Osteogenesis but Not Angiogenesis—An In Vitro Efficacy Study

Dong Yao,
Xin-Hui Xie,
Xin-Luan Wang,
Chao Wan,
Yuk-Wai Lee,
Shi-Hui Chen,
Duan-Qing Pei,
Yi-Xiang Wang,
Gang Li,
Ling Qin

Published: August 30, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041264

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