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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
City of Hope, Duarte, CA (US);
Zhifang Zhang, Glendora, CA (US);
John E. Shively, Arcadia, CA (US);
City of Hope, Duarte, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a monocyte derived bone-forming cell population is provided. In one embodiment, the cell population comprises an isolated monocyte cell population treated with an effective dose of LL-37. In another embodiment, a method of producing a population of monocyte-derived bone-forming cells is provided. The method comprises obtaining a blood sample from a subject; isolating a population of monocytes from the blood sample; treating the isolated monocytes with an effective dose of LL-37; and culturing the LL-37 treated monocytes until they differentiate into the population of monocyte-derived bone-forming cells. In another embodiment, a method of treatment for a bone injury or bone disease is provided. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition to a subject having the bone injury or disease, the composition comprising a population of monoosteophils.