Intervertebral disc regeneration: Do nutrients lead the way?

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 561-566

  Huang, Yong Can ^a   Urban, Jill P G ^b   Luk, Keith D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE STRUCTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK REGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; REGENERATION;

EID: 84908087752     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.91     Document Type: Review

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