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Dynamic pressurization induces transition of notochordal cells to a mature phenotype while retaining production of important patterning ligands from development.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2013
Purmessur Devina, Guterl Clare C, Cho Samuel K, Cornejo Marisa C, Lam Ying W, Ballif Bryan A, Laudier James C Iatridis, Iatridis James C
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INTRODUCTION: Notochordal cells (NCs) pattern aneural and avascular intervertebral discs (IVDs), and their disappearance, is associated with onset of IVD degeneration. This study induced and characterized the maturation of nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue from a gelatinous NC-rich structure to a matrix-rich structure populated by small NP cells using dynamic pressurization in an ex vivo culture model, and also...
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