Critical aspects and challenges for intervertebral disc repair and regeneration—Harnessing advances in tissue engineering

CT Buckley, JA Hoyland, K Fujii, A Pandit… - Jor …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Low back pain represents the highest burden of musculoskeletal diseases worldwide and
intervertebral disc degeneration is frequently associated with this painful condition. Even …

Advancing cell therapies for intervertebral disc regeneration from the lab to the clinic: Recommendations of the ORS spine section

LJ Smith, L Silverman, D Sakai, CL Le Maitre… - JOR …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Intervertebral disc degeneration is strongly associated with chronic low back pain, a leading
cause of disability worldwide. Current back pain treatment approaches (both surgical and …

Long-term mechanical function and integration of an implanted tissue-engineered intervertebral disc

SE Gullbrand, BG Ashinsky, ED Bonnevie… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Tissue engineering holds great promise for the treatment of advanced intervertebral disc
degeneration. However, assessment of in vivo integration and mechanical function of tissue …

Tension-activated nanofiber patches delivering an anti-inflammatory drug improve repair in a goat intervertebral disc herniation model

AP Peredo, SE Gullbrand, CS Friday… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Conventional microdiscectomy treatment for intervertebral disc herniation alleviates pain but
does not repair the annulus fibrosus, resulting in a high incidence of recurrent herniation …

Role of pyroptosis in intervertebral disc degeneration and its therapeutic implications

J Luo, Y Yang, X Wang, X Chang, S Fu - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), a progressive and multifactorial pathological process,
is predominantly associated with low back pain and permanent disability. Pyroptosis is a …

Preclinical in vivo animal models of intervertebral disc degeneration. Part 1: a systematic review

DL Poletto, JD Crowley, O Tanglay, WR Walsh… - JOR …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), a widely recognized cause of lower back pain, is
the leading cause of disability worldwide. A myriad of preclinical in vivo animal models of …

The role of oxidative stress in intervertebral disc cellular senescence

F Cheng, H Yang, Y Cheng, Y Liu, Y Hai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the aggravation of social aging and the increase in work intensity, the prevalence of
spinal degenerative diseases caused by intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) has …

Inflammatory cytokine and catabolic enzyme expression in a goat model of intervertebral disc degeneration

C Zhang, SE Gullbrand, TP Schaer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Intervertebral disc degeneration is implicated as a leading cause of low back pain.
Persistent, local inflammation within the disc nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale and multimodal structure–function analysis of intervertebral disc degeneration in a rabbit model

BG Ashinsky, SE Gullbrand, ED Bonnevie… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of this study was to perform a quantitative analysis of the structural
and functional alterations in the intervertebral disc during in vivo degeneration, using …

Delayed onset of persistent discogenic axial and radiating pain after a single-level lumbar intervertebral disc injury in mice

M Millecamps, LS Stone - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Low back pain (LBP) is associated with both axial discomfort and radiating leg pain.
Although intervertebral discs are suspected as the source of pain in some individuals, the …