Immunoselected STRO-3+ mesenchymal precursor cells and restoration of the extracellular matrix of degenerate intervertebral discs: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 479-488

  Ghosh, Peter ^a,b   Moore, Robert ^c   Vernon Roberts, Barrie ^c   Goldschlager, Tony ^b,d   Pascoe, Diane ^e   Zannettino, Andrew ^f   Gronthos, Stan ^g,h   Itescu, Silviu ^a  

^a Mesoblast Limited   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c SA Health   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^g Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Disc degeneration; Disc matrix; Ovine model; Restoration; Sheep; STRO 3+ mesenchymal precursor cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD146 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; SHEEP; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS;

EID: 84860611366     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.SPINE11852     Document Type: Article

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