A family of proteinaceous growth factors (nine identified as of 1994) for bone tissue formation (e.g., at the site where a bone has been broken). BMPs stimulate a “recruitmenf of bone-forming cells (e.g., to the site of bone injury) which first form cartilage, then that cartilage is mineralized to form bone.
Within the realm of human bones and blood, there exists a group of substances that actively promote the intricate process of osteoinduction.