Conditional removal of the canonical TGF-β1 signaling delays condylar cartilage degeneration induced by a partial discectomy in mice

• Jie Fang,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Li Xiao,

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Rebecca Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Zhihe Zhao

  * E-mail: zhzhao@scu.edu.cn

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-2647

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