Intervertebral disc degeneration: Genes hold the key

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Erwin, W Mark ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Collagens; Degeneration; Genetics; Interleukins; Intervertebral disc; Matrix degrading enzymes; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS1 PROTEIN; AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN; DISINTEGRIN; FAS LIGAND; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; METALLOPROTEINASE; STROMELYSIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TWINS;

EID: 84888636856     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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