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Indian hedgehog synchronizes skeletal angiogenesis and perichondrial maturation with cartilage development.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 2005
Colnot Céline, de la Fuente Luis, Huang Steve, Hu Diane, Lu Chuanyong, St-Jacques Benoit, Helms Jill A
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A null mutation in the morphogen Indian hedgehog (IHH) results in an embryonic lethal phenotype characterized by the conspicuous absence of bony tissue in the extremities. We show that this ossification defect is not attributable to a permanent arrest in cartilage differentiation, since Ihh(-/-) chondrocytes undergo hypertrophy and terminal differentiation, express angiogenic markers such as Vegf, and are...
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