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Identification of cell surface-specific markers to target human nucleus pulposus cells: Expression of carbonic anhydrase XII varies with age and degeneration
1 Sept 2011
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OBJECTIVE: Back pain is a major cause of disability, affecting millions of people worldwide. One cause of axial back pain is degeneration of the nucleus pulposus (NP) of the intervertebral disc. This study was undertaken to investigate associations of NP cells with cell surface-specific proteins that differ from proteins in closely related cell types, i.e., intervertebral disc anulus fibrosus (AF) cells and...
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