Sensitivity of notochordal disc cells to mechanical loading: An experimental animal study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Guehring, Thorsten ^a   Nerlich, Andreas ^b   Kroeber, Markus ^c   Richter, Wiltrud ^d   Omlor, Georg W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^c Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Disc compression; Mechanical stress; Notochordal disc cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CYTOKERATIN 8;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NOTOCHORDAL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHONDROCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KERATINS; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; SCLEROSIS; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 75049085738     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1217-0     Document Type: Article

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