An organ culture system to model early degenerative changes of the intervertebral disc

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ponnappan, Ravi K ^a,b   Markova, Dessislava Z ^a   Antonio, Paul J D ^c   Murray, Hallie B ^c   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,b   Shapiro, Irving M ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a,b   Albert, Todd J ^a,b   Risbud, Makarand V ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Biomet Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN 9; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGENASE 3; FIBROMODULIN; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; ORGAN CULTURE; OXYGEN TENSION; PAIN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE TYPES; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80054742930     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3494     Document Type: Article

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