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Developmental patterns of cartilage
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, 216 South Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. sandelll@msnotes.wustl.edu
Frontiers in Bioscience : a Journal and Virtual Library
|October 20, 1999
Abstract:
The current state of knowledge of cartilage differentiation leaves many questions unanswered. This review provides an up-to-date examination of current thinking on the subject of developmental patterns in cartilage formation. We will discuss the current model of limb elongation as well as the molecular aspects of chondrogenesis and growth plate formation. This will then be compared with the limited information currently known about the molecular aspects of osteoarthritis.