Understanding nucleus pulposus cell phenotype: A prerequisite for stem cell based therapies to treat intervertebral disc degeneration

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 307-316

  Choi, Hyowon ^a   Johnson, Zariel I ^a   Risbud, Makarand V ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Cell phenotype; Hypoxia; Intervertebral disc; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Nucleus pulposus; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84930517944     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1574888X10666150113112149     Document Type: Article

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