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  2. Osteochondroprogenitor cell - Wikipedia

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    Example of bone deformation. Deletion of the Trsp gene in osteochondroprogenitor cells results in abnormal bone growth, delayed ossification, chondronecrosis and dwarfism. General Trsp gene deletion is lethal to the embryo. The results of this research was used as a model for Kashin-Beck disease.

  3. Functional matrix hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In the development of vertebrate animals, the functional matrix hypothesis is a phenomenological description of bone growth. It proposes that "the origin, development and maintenance of all skeletal units are secondary, compensatory and mechanically obligatory responses to temporally and operationally prior demands of related functional matrices."

  4. Osteoprotegerin - Wikipedia

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    Most bone metastases result in osteolytic lesions, however prostate cancer causes osteoblastic lesions characterised by excess bone formation and high bone density. [44] Prostate cancer releases cytokines such as insulin-like growth factor (IGF), endothelin-1 , bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), sclerostin and Wnt proteins that act on local ...

  5. Chondroblast - Wikipedia

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    The type of growth maintained by chondroblasts is called appositional bone growth and increases the birth of the affected tissue. Perichondrium, and thus chondroblasts, are not found on the articular cartilage surfaces of joints .

  6. Bone morphogenetic protein - Wikipedia

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    Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are a group of growth factors also known as cytokines and as metabologens. [1] Professor Marshall Urist and Professor Hari Reddi discovered their ability to induce the formation of bone and cartilage, BMPs are now considered to constitute a group of pivotal morphogenetic signals, orchestrating tissue architecture throughout the body.

  7. Endochondral ossification - Wikipedia

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    It’s composed of highly active chondrocytes and responsible for longitudinal bone growth. Consequently, the bone elongates at this growth plate until closure occurs at skeletal maturity. At the end of an individual’s growth period, the production of new cartilage in the epiphyseal plate stops.

  8. Chondrogenesis - Wikipedia

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    A spotted gar larva at 22 days stained for cartilage (blue) and bone (red). Chondrogenesis is the biological process through which cartilage tissue is formed and developed. . This intricate and tightly regulated cellular differentiation pathway plays a crucial role in skeletal development, as cartilage serves as a fundamental component of the embryonic skele

  9. Skeletochronology - Wikipedia

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    Skeletochronology is a technique used to determine the individual, chronological ages of vertebrates by counting lines of arrested, annual growth, also known as LAGs, within skeletal tissues. [1] Within the annual bone growth specimens, there are broad and narrow lines. Broad lines represent the growth period and narrow lines represent a growth ...