Acid Ceramidase Maintains the Chondrogenic Phenotype of Expanded Primary Chondrocytes and Improves the Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

• Calogera M. Simonaro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Calogera M. Simonaro, Sylvain Sachot

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Sylvain Sachot ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Calogera M. Simonaro, Sylvain Sachot

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Yi Ge,

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Xingxuan He,

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Victor A. DeAngelis,

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Efrat Eliyahu,

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Daniel J. Leong,

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Hui B. Sun,

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Jeffrey B. Mason,

  Affiliation Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Mark E. Haskins,

  Affiliation Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Dean W. Richardson,

  Affiliation Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Edward H. Schuchman

  * E-mail: Edward.schuchman@mssm.edu

  Affiliation Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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