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Microvascular pericytes express aggrecan message which is regulated by BMP-2.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 5 Mar 2000
Diefenderfer D L, Brighton C T
Abstract excerpt
Multipotential mesenchymal stem cells capable of chondro-osseous induction contribute to the endochondral callus of healing fractured bone. Microvascular pericytes serving the role of multipotential mesenchymal stem cells are considered osteoprogenitors because they express type I collagen, alkaline phosphatase enzyme activity, osteocalcin immunoreactivity, and bone sialoprotein mRNA. Previous electron...
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