Angiopoietin-2 promotes osteogenic differentiation of thoracic ligamentum flavum cells via modulating the Notch signaling pathway

• Xiaoxi Yang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Zhongqiang Chen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  * E-mail: puth_czq@126.com (ZC); chi.zhang@case.edu (CZ)

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Xiangyu Meng,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Central Laboratory, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Chuiguo Sun,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Mengtao Li,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Central Laboratory, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Li Shu,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Central Laboratory, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Dongwei Fan,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Tianqi Fan,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Ann Y. Huang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Daobio, Inc. Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Chi Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: puth_czq@126.com (ZC); chi.zhang@case.edu (CZ)

  Affiliations Central Laboratory, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, Department of Orthopedics, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, Bone Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7821-483X

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