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Fig. 1 | Inflammation and Regeneration

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From: Osteochondrogenesis derived from synovial fibroblasts in inflammatory arthritis model

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Fate of hypertrophic chondrocytes in the growth plate. In the primary ossification center, POC, hypertrophic chondrocytes enter apoptosis; it was the original theory for endochondral ossification in the growth plate. Recent data on the fate of hypertrophic chondrocytes in the growth plate are controversial because hypertrophic chondrocytes directly differentiate into osteoblasts in the POC. AC, articular chondrocyte: OB, osteoblast; OC, osteocyte

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