Regional variations in the cellular, biochemical, and biomechanical characteristics of rabbit annulus fibrosus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Chen ^a   Guo, Qianping ^a   Yang, Huilin ^a   Li, Bin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; CELL DNA; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGGRECAN GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL TYPE; COLLAGEN I GENE; COLLAGEN II GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA CONTENT; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER ANNULUS FIBROSUS CELL; MIDDLE ANNULUS FIBROSUS CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER ANNULUS FIBROSUS CELL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84898759861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091799     Document Type: Article

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