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The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Reactive oxygen species induce chondrocyte hypertrophy in endochondral ossification

Kozo Morita, Takeshi Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Fujita, +11

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

The Blimp1–Bcl6 axis is critical to regulate osteoclast differentiation and bone homeostasis

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The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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CD24 is expressed specifically in the nucleus pulposus of intervertebral discs

Nobuyuki Fujita, Takeshi Miyamoto, Jun-ichi Imai, +14

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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Long-term surgical outcome and risk factors in patients with cervical myelopathy and a change in signal intensity of intramedullary spinal cord on magnetic resonance imaging

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Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Induction of DC-STAMP by Alternative Activation and Downstream Signaling Mechanisms

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Postoperative outcome after modified unilateral-approach microendoscopic midline decompression for degenerative spinal stenosis

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Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

MCP-1 expressed by osteoclasts stimulates osteoclastogenesis in an autocrine/paracrine manner

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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Developmental BiologyBone Morphogenic ProteinCell SignalingAutophagyCytoskeleton +8

Vascular endothelial growth factor-A is a survival factor for nucleus pulposus cells in the intervertebral disc

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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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