Mechanobiology of the intervertebral disc and relevance to disc degeneration

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Setton, Lori A ^a   Chen, Jun ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AGGRECAN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE 3; CYTOKINE; DISINTEGRIN; F ACTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; STROMELYSIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIMENTIN;

AGING; BIOLOGY; CELL DENSITY; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 33645562104     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200604002-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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