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ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2025

Single cell RNA sequencing shows that cells expressing Sox9 postnatally populate most skeletal lineages in mouse bone.

Neal P Smith, Christopher Janton, Ana Clara Morellato Alcantara, Majd George, Kasidet Mankongtreecheep, Guping Mao, Alexandra-Chloé Villani, Henry M Kronenberg

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Article in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors.

Neal P SmithDepartment of Medicine, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Christopher JantonEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Ana Clara Morellato AlcantaraEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Majd GeorgeEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Kasidet MankongtreecheepDepartment of Medicine, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Guping MaoEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Alexandra-Chloé VillaniDepartment of Medicine, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7461-0408
Henry M KronenbergEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6905-657X

Funding

Tissue Phenotyping CoreP01DK011794 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BOUXSEIN, MARY L · 1986 to 2023
$44.4M
Translational Imaging and Phenotyping CoreP30AR075042 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MARY L BOUXSEIN, PAOLA DIVIETI PAJEVIC · 2019 to 2026
$7.4M
Deciphering the Achilles Heel of Cancer ImmunotherapyDP2CA247831 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI VILLANI, ALEXANDRA-CHLOE · 2019 to 2019
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS DP2 CA247831NIAMS NIH HHS #P30 AR075042NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR075042NIDDK NIH HHS #P01 DK011794NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK011794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In growing bones of mice, multiple cell types contribute to the osteoblast lineage, including growth plate chondrocytes, perichondrial cells and CXCL12-abundant reticular marrow stromal cells. Here we use single-cell RNA sequencing and lineage tracing to show that all these osteoblast precursors, even postnatally, derives from Sox9-expressing progenitors. We also characterize a distinct group of chondrocytes located between the perichondrium and the columns of growth plate chondrocytes that contribute to the osteoblast lineage.

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Bone and BonesCell LineageSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisSOX9 Transcription FactorAnimalsChondrocytesGrowth PlateMiceOsteoblastsSox9 protein, mouseSOX9 Transcription Factorbiologybone modeling and remodelingcells of bonechondrocyte and cartilagechondrocyte and cartilage biologydevelopmental modelinggrowth plateosteoblastsstromal/stem cells

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PMID40143416
PMCPMC13395792

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