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Multipotent progenitors resident in the skeletal muscle interstitium exhibit robust BMP-dependent osteogenic activity and mediate heterotopic ossification.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 May 2012
Wosczyna Michael N, Biswas Arpita A, Cogswell Catherine A, Goldhamer David J
Abstract excerpt
Heterotopic ossification is a debilitating condition that can result from traumatic injury, surgery, or genetic disease. We investigated the cellular origins of heterotopic skeletogenesis in the mouse using lineage tracing and bioassays of heterotopic ossification based on intramuscular transplantation. We identified, characterized, and purified a tissue-resident stem/progenitor cell population that exhibits...
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