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Pro-fibrotic phenotype of bone marrow stromal cells in Modic type 1 changes.
European cells & materials - 8 Jun 2021
Heggli I, Epprecht S, Juengel A, Schuepbach R, Farshad-Amacker N, German C, Mengis T, Herger N, Straumann L, Baumgartner S, Betz M, Spirig J M, Wanivenhaus F, Ulrich N, Bellut D, Brunner F, Farshad M, Distler O, Dudli S
Abstract excerpt
Modic type 1 changes (MC1) are painful vertebral bone marrow lesions frequently found in patients suffering from chronic low-back pain. Marrow fibrosis is a hallmark of MC1. Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are key players in other fibrotic bone marrow pathologies, yet their role in MC1 is unknown. The present study aimed to characterise MC1 BMSCs and hypothesised a pro-fibrotic role of BMSCs in MC1. BMSCs were...
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