Methods to monitor distribution and metabolic activity of mesenchymal stem cells following in vivo injection into nucleotomized porcine intervertebral discs

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-612

  Omlor, G W ^a   Bertram, H ^a   Kleinschmidt, K ^a   Fischer, J ^a   Brohm, K ^a   Guehring, T ^b   Anton, M ^c   Richter, Wiltrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Cell transfer; Disc degeneration; Fibrin matrix; Intervertebral disc; Luciferase; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 77951103129     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1255-7     Document Type: Article

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