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Phenotypic switching of in vitro mandibular condylar cartilage during matrix mineralization.
Anatomical science international - 1 Dec 2002
Inoue Hiroyuki, Hiraki Yuji, Nawa Tokio, Ishizeki Kiyoto
Abstract excerpt
In order to analyze the phenotypic conversion of chondrocytes, mandibular condyles of mice and rabbits were cultured under cell and organ culture systems, and then examined by a combination of morphological and biochemical procedures. In organ culture, mandibular condylar cartilage (MCC) obtained from newborn mice began to mineralize from the central zone and then progressively widened towards the peripheral...
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