Resting zone of the growth plate houses a unique class of skeletal stem cells

Resting zone of the growth plate houses a unique class of skeletal stem cells

Resting zone of the growth plate houses a unique class of skeletal stem cells, Published online: 31 October 2018; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0662-5

In a mouse model, PTHrP-positive chondrocytes in the resting zone of the growth plate constitute a unique stem-cell population, which is initially unipotent and makes columnar chondrocytes that later exhibit multipotency.