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BMP receptor signaling is required for postnatal maintenance of articular cartilage.
PLoS biology - 1 Nov 2004
Rountree Ryan B, Schoor Michael, Chen Hao, Marks Melissa E, Harley Vincent, Mishina Yuji, Kingsley David M
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Articular cartilage plays an essential role in health and mobility, but is frequently damaged or lost in millions of people that develop arthritis. The molecular mechanisms that create and maintain this thin layer of cartilage that covers the surface of bones in joint regions are poorly understood, in part because tools to manipulate gene expression specifically in this tissue have not been available. Here we use...
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