IVD progenitor cells: a new horizon for understanding disc homeostasis and repair

Lyu, FJ; Cheung, KM; Zheng, ZM; Wang, H; Sakai, D; Leung, VY

Leung, VY (reprint author), Univ Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Fac Med, Dept Orthopaed & Traumatol, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.; Sakai, D (reprint author), Tokai Univ, Sch Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.; Leung, VY (reprint author), Univ Hong

NATURE REVIEWS RHEUMATOLOGY, 2019; 15 (2): 102

Abstract

Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is associated with low back pain. In IVDs, a high mechanical load, high osmotic pressure and hypoxic conditions......

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