The role of hypertrophic chondrocytes in regulation of the cartilage-to-bone transition in fracture healing

Endochondral bone formation is an important pathway in fracture healing, involving the formation of a cartilaginous soft callus and the process of cartilage-to-bone transition. Failure or delay in the cartilage-to-bone transition causes an impaired bony union such as nonunion or delayed union. Durin...

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Main Authors: Joe Kodama, Kevin J. Wilkinson, Masahiro Iwamoto, Satoru Otsuru, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Bone Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187222004508