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Alk2 Regulates Early Chondrogenic Fate in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Heterotopic Endochondral Ossification
21 Jan 2014
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Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling is a critical regulator of cartilage differentiation and endochondral ossification. Gain-of-function mutations in ALK2, a type I BMP receptor, cause the debilitating disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and result in progressive heterotopic (extraskeletal) endochondral ossification within soft connective tissues. Here, we used murine mesenchymal...
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