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Schematic of the articular cartilage lesion formation process due to blunt impact. The initial injury causes cell death. As a result the necrotic cells (DN) release DAMPs, which initiate the chemical cascade leading to OA. Figure adapted from Wang et al. (2015). Table 1 contains a short description of the cell types and chemicals seen in the flowchart.
