Towards biological anulus repair: TGF-β3, FGF-2 and human serum support matrix formation by human anulus fibrosus cells

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c TRANSTISSUE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anulus fibrosus; Extracellular matrix; Growth factors; Intervertebral disc; Regeneration; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 10; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GELATINASE A; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ADULT; AGED; ANULUS FIBROSUS DEFECT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84873104698     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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