The effects of microenvironment in mesenchymal stem cell-based regeneration of intervertebral disc

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-362

  Huang, Yong Can ^a   Leung, Victor Y L ^a   Lu, William W ^a   Luk, Keith D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Mesenchymal stem cell; Microenvironment; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ALPHA1 INTEGRIN; CD63 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOGLIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MEVINOLIN; PROTEINASE; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADIPOCYTE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MEDLINE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; OSMOLARITY; OSTEOBLAST; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL;

CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84875493714     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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