The in vitro effects of dexamethasone, insulin and triiodothyronine on degenerative human intervertebral disc cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-229

  Bertolo, Alessandro ^a,b   Ettinger, Ladina ^a   Aebli, Niklaus ^b,c   Haschtmann, Daniel ^a   Baur, Martin ^d   Berlemann, Ulrich ^e   Ferguson, Stephen J ^a   Stoyanov, Jivko V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e Das Ruckenzentrum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Cartilage; Collagen; Dexamethasone; Glycosaminoglycan; Insulin; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ALGINIC ACID; DNA; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGGRECANS; ALGINATES; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DEMOGRAPHY; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DONORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 79961006896     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v021a17     Document Type: Article

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