Characterization of cultured human ligamentum flavum cells in lumbar spine stenosis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 294-300

  Specchia, Nicola ^a   Pagnotta, A ^a   Gigante, A ^a   Logroscino, G ^b   Toesca, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COLLAGEN; ENZYMES; HORMONES; LIGAMENTS; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATES; PHYSIOLOGY;

LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS;

CELLS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYCLIC AMP; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCEROL 2 PHOSPHATE; OSTEONECTIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL SECRETION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MINERALIZATION; OSTEOBLAST; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035054966     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(00)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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