An in vitro organ culturing system for intervertebral disc explants with vertebral endplates: A feasibility study with ovine caudal discs

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2665-2673

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a   Grünhagen, Thijs ^b,c   Lee, Cynthia R ^a   Van Donkelaar, Corrinus C ^b   Alini, Mauro ^a   Ito, Keita ^a,b  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Diffusion; Gene expression; Glycosaminoglycan; In vitro; Intervertebral disc; Sheep; Vertebral endplates

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOREACTORS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOWN-REGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; SHEEP; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750560439     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000244620.15386.df     Document Type: Article

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