BMP9 induces postnatal zonal stratification of immature articular cartilage through reconfiguration of the existing collagen framework

Articular cartilage lines bones in synovial joints, and its main structural element, collagen, has an arcade-like arrangement formed from an initially random network in a process called postnatal maturation. This reshaping of the extracellular matrix is similar across all species and is critical for...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miles Anderson-Watters, Ilyas M. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2024.1511908/full
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!