The Identification of CD163 Expressing Phagocytic Chondrocytes in Joint Cartilage and Its Novel Scavenger Role in Cartilage Degradation

• Kai Jiao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Jiao, Jing Zhang, Mian Zhang, Yuying Wei

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Jing Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Jiao, Jing Zhang, Mian Zhang, Yuying Wei

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Mian Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Jiao, Jing Zhang, Mian Zhang, Yuying Wei

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Yuying Wei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Jiao, Jing Zhang, Mian Zhang, Yuying Wei

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Yaoping Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Zhong Ying Qiu,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Jianjun He,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Yunxin Cao,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Jintao Hu,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Han Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Li-Na Niu,

  Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Xu Cao,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Kun Yang ,

  * E-mail: yangkunkun@fmmu.edu.cn (KY); mqwang@fmmu.edu.cn (MQW)

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Mei-Qing Wang

  * E-mail: yangkunkun@fmmu.edu.cn (KY); mqwang@fmmu.edu.cn (MQW)

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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