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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2019

Mechanisms of synovial joint and articular cartilage development.

Ryota Chijimatsu, Taku Saito

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryota ChijimatsuBone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Taku SaitoSensory and Motor System Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. tasaitou-tky@umin.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4911-3930
The University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Articular cartilage is formed at the end of epiphyses in the synovial joint cavity and permanently contributes to the smooth movement of synovial joints. Most skeletal elements develop from transient cartilage by a biological process known as endochondral ossification. Accumulating evidence indicates that articular and growth plate cartilage are derived from different cell sources and that different molecules and signaling pathways regulate these two kinds of cartilage. As the first sign of joint development, the interzone emerges at the presumptive joint site within a pre-cartilage tissue. After that, joint cavitation occurs in the center of the interzone, and the cells in the interzone and its surroundings gradually form articular cartilage and the synovial joint. During joint development, the interzone cells continuously migrate out to the epiphyseal cartilage and the surrounding cells influx into the joint region. These complicated phenomena are regulated by various molecules and signaling pathways, including GDF5, Wnt, IHH, PTHrP, BMP, TGF-β, and FGF. Here, we summarize current literature and discuss the molecular mechanisms underlying joint formation and articular development.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCartilage, ArticularCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell MovementChondrocytesChondrogenesisFibroblast Growth FactorsGrowth Differentiation Factor 5Hedgehog ProteinsHumansJoint CapsuleOsteogenesisBone Morphogenetic ProteinsFibroblast Growth FactorsGDF5 protein, humanGrowth Differentiation Factor 5Hedgehog ProteinsIHH protein, humanParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinTransforming Growth Factor betaArticular cartilageChondrocyteInterzoneJoint

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PMID31201464
PMCPMC11105481
OpenAlexW2951211884

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