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. 2012 Feb 21;7:9. doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-9

Figure 3.

Figure 3

States of chondrocytes during stereotypical injury response. Healthy cells (C) become sick. Typically a healthy cell will first become catabolic (ST) and either enter apoptosis (DA), or become EPOR active (SA). EPOR active cells may be saved by EPO to become healthy once again, or die (apoptosis).