Biologic strategies for the therapy of intervertebral disc degeneration

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1209-1214

  Gruber, Helen E ^a   Hanley Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous cell therapy; Disc degeneration; Gene therapy; Intervertebral disc; Mesenchymal stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESODERM; SPINAL DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346847531     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.3.8.1209     Document Type: Review

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