Sites of Cre‐recombinase activity in mouse lines targeting skeletal cells

G Couasnay, MB Madel, J Lim, B Lee… - Journal of Bone and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Cre/Lox system is a powerful tool in the biologist's toolbox, allowing loss‐of‐
function and gain‐of‐function studies, as well as lineage tracing, through gene …

New progress in basic research of macrophages in the pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain

M Yan, Z Song, H Kou, G Shang, C Shang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Low back pain (LBP) is quite common in clinical practice, which can lead to long-term bed
rest or even disability. It is a worldwide health problem remains to be solved. LBP can be …

Quercetin suppresses apoptosis and attenuates intervertebral disc degeneration via the SIRT1-autophagy pathway

D Wang, X He, D Wang, P Peng, X Xu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) has been generally accepted as the major cause of
low back pain (LBP), which causes an enormous socioeconomic burden. Previous studies …

Vasorin-containing small extracellular vesicles retard intervertebral disc degeneration utilizing an injectable thermoresponsive delivery system

Z Liao, W Ke, H Liu, B Tong, K Wang, X Feng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is the pathological reason of back pain and the
therapeutic approaches are still unsatisfactory. Recently, mesenchymal stem cell-derived …

Proinflammatory macrophages promote degenerative phenotypes in rat nucleus pulpous cells partly through ERK and JNK signaling

L Ni, Y Zheng, T Gong, C Xiu, K Li… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is the major contributor to low back pain, a highly
prevalent musculoskeletal problem that represents the leading cause of disability …

The long noncoding RNA HOTAIR serves as a microRNA-34a-5p sponge to reduce nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis via a NOTCH1-mediated mechanism

T Shao, Y Hu, W Tang, H Shen, Z Yu, J Gu - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a major cause of lower back pain, but the specific
molecular mechanisms governing its development are poorly characterized. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activation maintains extracellular matrix integrity by inhibiting the activity of mitogen-activated protein kinases and activator …

Y Peng, H Lin, S Tian, S Liu, J Li, X Lv, S Chen… - Free Radical Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disruption of the intervertebral disc extracellular matrix (ECM) is a hallmark of intervertebral
disc degeneration (IDD), which is largely attributed to excessive oxidative stress. However …

A dual role of cholesterol in osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells

K Li, C Xiu, Q Zhou, LI Ni, J Du, T Gong… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Osteoblasts, the chief bone‐forming cells, are differentiated from mesenchymal stromal/stem
cells. Disruption of this differentiation process can cause osteoporosis, a bone disease …

Characterization of Cre recombinase mouse lines enabling cell type‐specific targeting of postnatal intervertebral discs

Y Zheng, X Fu, Q Liu, S Guan, C Liu… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cre/loxP technology is an important tool for studying cell type‐specific gene functions. Cre
recombinase mouse lines, including Agc1‐CreERT2, Col2a1‐Cre; Col2a1‐CreERT2, Shh …

Application of single and cooperative different delivery systems for the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration

Z Liu, C Fu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (IDD) is the most universal pathogenesis of low back
pain (LBP), a prevalent and costly medical problem across the world. Persistent low back …