Leptin expression by annulus cells in the human intervertebral disc

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-443

  Gruber, Helen E ^a   Ingram, Jane A ^a   Hoelscher, Gretchen L ^a   Hanley Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Disc; Disc degeneration; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANNULUS CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MITOGENICITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447285733     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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