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Defining the phenotype of young healthy nucleus pulposus cells: recommendations of the Spine Research Interest Group at the 2014 annual ORS meeting.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 Mar 2015
Risbud Makarand V, Schoepflin Zachary R, Mwale Fackson, Kandel Rita A, Grad Sibylle, Iatridis James C, Sakai Daisuke, Hoyland Judith A
Abstract excerpt
Low back pain is a major physical and socioeconomic problem. Degeneration of the intervertebral disc and especially that of nucleus pulposus (NP) has been linked to low back pain. In spite of much research focusing on the NP, consensus among the research community is lacking in defining the NP cell phenotype. A consensus agreement will allow easier distinguishing of NP cells from annulus fibrosus (AF) cells and...
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