Somatosensory nerves drive pathologic bony bar formation after physis injury through pleiotrophin signaling in mouse models

Science Translational Medicine · Published 2026-08-05 · DOI 10.1126/scitranslmed.adv2412

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Zhao Li, Xin Xing, Beicheng Du, Myles Zhou, Chunbao Rao, Qizhi Qin, Austin Z. Chen, Sowmya Ramesh, Mary Archer, Manyu Zhu, Neelima Thottappillil, JiHye Yea, Ziyi Wang, Erin Honcharuk, Aaron W. James

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2026

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Li, Z., Xing, X., Du, B., et al. (2026). Somatosensory nerves drive pathologic bony bar formation after physis injury through pleiotrophin signaling in mouse models. Science Translational Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.adv2412

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