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Age-Correlated Phenotypic Alterations in Cells Isolated From Human Degenerated Intervertebral Discs With Contained Hernias.
Spine - 1 Mar 2018
Molinos Maria, Cunha Carla, Almeida Catarina R, Gonçalves Raquel M, Pereira Paulo, Silva Pedro Santos, Vaz Rui, Barbosa Mário A
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STUDY DESIGN: Human intervertebral disc (hIVD) cells were isolated from 41 surgically excised samples and assessed for their phenotypic alterations with age. OBJECTIVE: Toward the design of novel anti-aging strategies to overcome degenerative disc disease (DDD), we investigated age-correlated phenotypic alterations that occur on primary hIVD cells. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although regenerative medicine holds...
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