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CARTILAGE
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 27-35Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1947603510377464
Keywords
signaling molecules; chondrocytes; chondrogenesis; mesenchymal stem cells; articular cartilage
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Chondrocyte differentiation in the growth plate is an important process for the longitudinal growth of endochondral bones. Sox9 and Runx2 are the most often-studied transcriptional regulators of the chondrocyte differentiation process, but the importance of additional factors is also becoming apparent. Mafs are a subfamily of the basic ZIP (bZIP) transcription factor superfamily, which act as key regulators of tissue-specific gene expression and terminal differentiation in many tissues. There is increasing evidence that c-Maf and its splicing variant Lc-Maf play a role in chondrocyte differentiation in a temporal-spatial manner. This review summarizes the functions of c-Maf in chondrocyte differentiation and discusses the possible role of c-Maf in osteoarthritis progression.
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