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Primary bovine intervertebral disc cells transduced with adenovirus overexpressing 12 BMPs and Sox9 maintain appropriate phenotype.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation - 1 Jun 2009
Zhang Yejia, Markova Dessislava, Im Hee-Jeong, Hu Wenyang, Thonar Eugene J-M A, He Tong-Chuan, An Howard S, Phillips Frank M, Anderson D Greg
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To confirm that primary intervertebral disc cells cultured in monolayer transduced with adenovirus maintained their phenotype, hence is an appropriate system to test gene therapy agents. DESIGN: Adult bovine nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells cultured in monolayer were transduced with adenoviruses expressing human bone morphogenetic proteins (AdBMPs) or Sox9 (AdSox9), or green fluorescence...
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