Changes in the Molecular Phenotype of Nucleus Pulposus Cells with Intervertebral Disc Aging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Xinyan ^a   Jing, Liufang ^a   Chen, Jun ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ABUNDANT MEMBRANE ATTACHED SIGNAL PROTEIN 1; CD155 ANTIGEN; CD221 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEUROCHONDRIN; NEUROPILIN 1; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRACHYURY T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871270841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052020     Document Type: Article

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