Toward an understanding of the role of notochordal cells in the adult intervertebral disc: From discord to accord

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2141-2148

  Risbud, Makarand V ^a   Schaer, Thomas P ^b   Shapiro, Irving M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Brachyury; Disc degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Notochord; Nucleus pulposus; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; NOTOCHORD;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 77954980434     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22350     Document Type: Review

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