An Organ Culture System for the Study of the Nucleus Pulposus: Description of the System and Evaluation of the Cells

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2652-2658

  Risbud, Makarand V ^a   Izzo, Marc W ^a   Adams, Christopher S ^a   Arnold, William W ^a   Hillibrand, Alan S ^a   Vresilovic, Edward J ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Shapiro, Irving M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Gene expression; Intervertebral disc; Nucleus pulposus; Organ culture; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0347381010     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000099384.58981.C6     Document Type: Article

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