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G-protein stimulatory subunit alpha and Gq/11α G-proteins are both required to maintain quiescent stem-like chondrocytes.
Nature communications - 30 Apr 2014
Chagin Andrei S, Vuppalapati Karuna K, Kobayashi Tatsuya, Guo Jun, Hirai Takao, Chen Min, Offermanns Stefan, Weinstein Lee S, Kronenberg Henry M
Abstract excerpt
Round chondrocytes in the resting zone of the growth plate provide precursors for columnar chondrocytes and have stem-like properties. Here we demonstrate that these stem-like chondrocytes undergo apoptosis in the absence of the receptor (PPR) for parathyroid hormone-related protein. We examine t...
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