Newswise — Shu et al. discovered that bone formation before and after adolescence is dominated sequentially by chondrocytes and Lepr+ BMSCs. They regulate bone lengthening and thickening, respectively. This transition explains, from a stem cell perspective, how mammalian limb bones transition from rapid longitudinal growth to slower appositional remodeling after adolescence.
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