Secondary ossification center protects growth plate chondrocytes from mechanical stress

• Meng Xie,
• Lei Li,
• Phillip Newton,
• Lauren Shumate,
• Shigeki Nishimori,
• Henry Kronenberg,
• Murat Bastepe,
• Igor Adameyko,
• Andrei Chagin

Affiliations

Meng Xie

Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Corresponding author.

Lei Li

Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

Phillip Newton

Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

Lauren Shumate

Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

Shigeki Nishimori

Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

Henry Kronenberg

Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

Murat Bastepe

Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

Igor Adameyko

Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Andrei Chagin

Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation