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Excess BMP Signaling in Heterotopic Cartilage Forming in Prg4-null TMJ Discs.
Journal of dental research - 1 Mar 2016
Bechtold T E, Saunders C, Mundy C, Um H, Decker R S, Salhab I, Kurio N, Billings P C, Pacifici M, Nah H D, Koyama E
Abstract excerpt
Heterotopic cartilage develops in certain pathologic conditions, including those affecting the human temporomandibular joint (TMJ), but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain obscure. This is in part due to the fact that a reliable animal model of such TMJ diseases is not available. Here, we show that aberrant chondrocyte differentiation and ectopic cartilage formation occur spontaneously in proteoglycan 4...
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