A 3D environment for anulus fibrosus regeneration: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-183

  Cabraja, Mario ^a   Endres, Michaela ^a,b   Hegewald, Aldemar A ^d   Vetterlein, Samuel ^b   Thomé, Claudius ^d   Woiciechowsky, Christian ^a,c   Kaps, Christian ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TRANSTISSUE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^c Rückenzentrum   (Germany)

^d Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D culture; Anulus fibrosus; Biocompatibility; Differentiation; Polyglycolic acid

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMER; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ANULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MARKER GENE; PILOT STUDY; SERUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL CULTURE;

CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864533845     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.4.SPINE111095     Document Type: Article

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