chondrocyte
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Chondrocytes (, ) are the only cells found in healthy cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix, which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. Although the word chondroblast is commonly used to describe an immature chondrocyte, the term is imprecise, since the progenitor of chondrocytes (which are mesenchymal stem cells) can differentiate into various cell types, including osteoblasts.
Key facts
- Cell.Name
- Chondrocyte
- Cell.Latin
- chondrocytus
- Cell.Image
- Hypertrophic Zone of Epiphyseal Plate.jpg
- Cell.Caption
- Light micrograph of undecalcified hyaline cartilage showing its chondrocytes and organelles, lacunae and matrix
- Cell.Location
- Cartilage
- Cell.Function
- Produce and maintain cartilage matrix
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Research
43,695 papers- Immunogenicity of chondrocyte sheets: a review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
- The chondrocyte primary cilium.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2014
- Chondrocyte moves: clever strategies?Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2007
- Redox control of chondrocyte differentiation and chondrogenesis.Free radical biology & medicine · 2019
- Chondrocyte apoptosis in development, aging and disease.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Cartilage hyaline1.jpg
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- Chondrocytes
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10 sectionsContents
- Development
- Structure
- Genetics
- Chondrocyte Primary Culture
- Medical uses
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Chondrocytes (, ) are the only cells found in healthy cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix, which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. Although the word chondroblast is commonly used to describe an immature chondrocyte, the term is imprecise, since the progenitor of chondrocytes (which are mesenchymal stem cells) can differentiate into various cell types, including osteoblasts.
==Development== From least- to terminally-differentiated, the chondrocytic lineage is: Colony-forming unit-fibroblast Mesenchymal stem cell / marrow stromal cell Chondrocyte Hypertrophic chondrocyte