Article
Diversity of intervertebral disc cells: phenotype and function.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Dec 2012
Pattappa Girish, Li Zhen, Peroglio Marianna, Wismer Nadine, Alini Mauro, Grad Sibylle
Abstract excerpt
The intervertebral disc (IVD) is a moderately moving joint that is located between the bony vertebrae and provides flexibility and load transmission throughout the spinal column. The disc is composed of different but interrelated tissues, including the central highly hydrated nucleus pulposus (NP), the surrounding elastic and fibrous annulus fibrosus (AF), and the cartilaginous endplate (CEP), which provides the...
Topics
- Animals
- Chondrocytes
- Extracellular Matrix
- Humans
- Intervertebral Disc
- Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity
- Stem Cells
