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Heterotopic Ossification: Molecular Drivers, Subtype-Specific Mechanisms, and Translational Therapeutic Advances.
Biomolecules - 15 Apr 2026
Chen Sihong, Lin Hui
Abstract excerpt
Heterotopic ossification (HO), the pathological formation of mature bone in non-skeletal soft tissues (e.g., muscles, tendons), severely impairs patient mobility and quality of life. Despite decades of research, systematic analysis of signaling networks across HO subtypes (acquired traumatic HO, hereditary Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia (POH)) remains insufficient,...
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