since chondrocytes express their differentiated phenotype as they become confluent in culture , these results suggest that 1,25- ( oh ) 2d3 stimulates the growth of rapidly proliferating chondrocytes with a poorly differentiated phenotype and suppresses their expression of the cartilage phenotype , while 24,25- ( oh ) 2d3 stimulates expression of the differentiated phenotype of highly differentiated chondrocytes .
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cartilage
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chondrocytes