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Galectin-3 expression in the intervertebral disc: a useful marker of the notochord phenotype?
Spine - 1 Jan 2007
Oguz Erbil, Tsai Tsung-Ting, Di Martino Alberto, Guttapalli Asha, Albert Todd J, Shapiro Irving M, Risbud Makarand V
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STUDY DESIGN: Galectin-3 expression in rat intervertebral disc at different stages in postnatal life is evaluated. OBJECTIVE: To determine if galectin-3 expression is confined to cells of the nucleus pulposus in the postnatal rat intervertebral disc. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: During embryonic development, the anulus fibrosus is derived from the sclerotome, whereas the nucleus pulposus is notochordal. Many...
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