10.18632/aging.102682 Aging Summary Keywords chondrocyte, senescence, autologous chondrocyte implantation, senolytic , FOXO4-DRI Citation Huang Y, He Y, Makarcyzk MJ and Lin H (2021) Senolytic Peptide FOXO4-DRI Selectively Removes Senescent Cells From in vitro Expanded Human Chondrocytes
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