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Delayed union and nonunion are associated with significant morbidity and even mortality with few effective non-surgical interventions. Here, we identify cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) as an age-dependent regulator of bone repair. Single-cell RNA sequencing and immunohistochemistry demonstrated higher CAMP expression during fracture healing in young compared with aged mice. Global or myeloid lineage-depletion of\n                  <jats:italic>Camp<\/jats:italic>\n                  delayed fracture repair in young mice, whereas\n                  <jats:italic>Camp<\/jats:italic>\n                  depletion in aged mice increased callus bone formation. Heterochronic bone marrow transplantation using the conditional genetic knockout further implicated hematopoietic-lineage derived cells in these effects and demonstrated that myeloid-specific\n                  <jats:italic>Camp<\/jats:italic>\n                  expression is important in the rejuvenation of the pace of fracture healing. CAMP promotes osteogenic differentiation through P2X7 receptor (P2X7R)-dependent signaling, influencing the downstream regulation of NLRP3 expression. NLRP3 expression is also correlated with osteogenesis following\n                  <jats:italic>Camp<\/jats:italic>\n                  modulation in both young and old mice, supporting CAMP-P2X7R-NLRP3 signaling as a regulator of osteogenesis. 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