Are animal models useful for studying human disc disorders/degeneration?

M Alini, SM Eisenstein, K Ito, C Little, AA Kettler… - European Spine …, 2008 - Springer
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is an often investigated pathophysiological condition
because of its implication in causing low back pain. As human material for such studies is …

Sirtuins and intervertebral disc degeneration: roles in inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial function

GZ Zhang, YJ Deng, QQ Xie, EH Ren, ZJ Ma, XG He… - Clinica chimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is one of the main causes of low back pain, which
seriously reduces the quality of life of patients and places a heavy economic burden on their …

Melatonin resists oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in nucleus pulposus cells

R He, M Cui, H Lin, L Zhao, J Wang, S Chen, Z Shao - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Aims Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is thought to be the major cause of low back
pain (LBP), which is still in lack of effective etiological treatment. Oxidative stress has been …

[HTML][HTML] The potential role of melatonin in retarding intervertebral disc ageing and degeneration: a systematic review

Z Cheng, Q Xiang, J Wang, Y Zhang - Ageing Research Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a common degenerative disease of the
musculoskeletal system that develops with age. It is regarded as the main cause of chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Proper animal experimental designs for preclinical research of biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration

Y Peng, X Qing, H Shu, S Tian, W Yang… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low back pain is a vital musculoskeletal disease that impairs life quality, leads to disability
and imposes heavy economic burden on the society, while it is greatly attributed to …

Therapeutic potential of melatonin in the intervertebral disc degeneration through inhibiting the ferroptosis of nucleus pulpous cells

X Dou, Y Ma, Q Luo, C Song, M Liu… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroptosis, a novel type of cell death mediated by the iron‐dependent lipid peroxidation,
contributes to the pathogenesis of the intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Increasing …

Autophagy as a potential therapeutic target in intervertebral disc degeneration

C Gong, H Zhang - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved intracellular recirculation system that delivers
cytoplasmic content to lysosomes for degradation, thereby maintaining metabolism and …

[PDF][PDF] Sleep-wake disorders: Definition, contexts and neural correlations

G Perrotta - J Neurol Psychol, 2019 - researchgate.net
Starting from the macro-category “sleep-wake disorders”, as defined in DSM-V, the
individual pathological conditions were defined, focusing on the contextual and clinical …

Melatonin protects vertebral endplate chondrocytes against apoptosis and calcification via the Sirt1‐autophagy pathway

Z Zhang, J Lin, N Tian, Y Wu, Y Zhou… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is reportedly associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Endplate
cartilage is vitally important to intervertebral discs in physiological and pathological …

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 …