Versican contributes to ligament formation of knee joints

• Tomoko Higuchi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

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• Daisuke Suzuki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation, Chitose, Japan

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• Takafumi Watanabe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan

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• Kanda Fanhchaksai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

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• Keiko Ota,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

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• Kazuhisa Yokoo,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

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• Hiroshi Furukawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

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• Hideto Watanabe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: wannabee@aichi-med-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5291-0696

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