Sclerostin is upregulated in the early stage of chondrogenic differentiation, but not required in endochondral ossification in vitro

• Yasuteru Yamaguchi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Muscloskeletal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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• Ken Kumagai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kumagai@yokohama-cu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Muscloskeletal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7529-0343

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• Sosuke Imai,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Muscloskeletal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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• Kazuma Miyatake,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Muscloskeletal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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• Tomoyuki Saito

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Muscloskeletal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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