1. Importance of research and development
- Increased need for osteoporosis research due to population aging and concomitant growth in the age-related diseases
- Osteoporosis decreases the quality of life and increases medical expense and socio-econ...
1. Importance of research and development
- Increased need for osteoporosis research due to population aging and concomitant growth in the age-related diseases
- Osteoporosis decreases the quality of life and increases medical expense and socio-economical cost
- Increased need for basic research to pioneer markets for osteoporosis prevention and treatment
2. Object of research and development
- Discover miRNAs that regulate differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts
- Elucidate the mechanism by which miRNAs regulate bone metabolism and suggest cell therapy for osteoporosis
3. Subject of research and development
- Define the protein targets of miRNA
- Generation of mesenchymal stem cell-specific miRNA KO mice
- Development of in vivo miRNA delivery method in cell level
4. Result of research and development
- Discovered more than 2 miRNA candidates that regulate bone metabolism
- Predicted and validated the target proteins for miRNAs through bioinformatics and omics technologies
- Confirmed and revealthe mechanism by which miRNAs regulate mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
- Developed the mesenchymal stem cell-specific miRNA KO mouse
- Developed and confirmed efficient method for the delivery of miRNAs into bone marrow cells
-Confirmed the in vivo effect of miRNA that increases bone regeneration
5. Proposed use of the results
- Succeeding research on the effect and mechanisms for the regulation of bone metabolism by miRNAs based on the current results
-Applied researches on osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, periodontitis, and bone regeneration for implant engraft
-Suggest a new paradigm for osteoporosis treatment using miRNA and subsequent development for new drug development
-Possibile development of novel biodrug and commercialization based on the results