Co-culture of Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Nucleus Pulposus Cells in Bilaminar Pellets for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration

SAS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Allon, Aliza A ^a   Schneider, Richard A ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bilaminar structure; co culture; intervertebral disc; nucleus replacement; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 74249123340     PISSN: 19359810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1935-9810(09)70006-4     Document Type: Article

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