Intervertebral disc degeneration—Current therapeutic options and challenges

A Samanta, T Lufkin, P Kraus - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) is a normal part of aging. Due to the spine's
declining function and the development of pain, it may affect one's physical health, mental …

Genetic alterations in intervertebral disc disease

NL Martirosyan, AA Patel, A Carotenuto… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Background Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is considered a multifactorial disease
that is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. The last two decades of …

Toward regulatory effects of curcumin on transforming growth factor-beta across different diseases: a review

M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi, K Hushmandi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immune response, proliferation, migration and angiogenesis are juts a few of cellular events
that are regulated by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in cells. A number of studies have …

Association of collagen I, IX and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with radiological severity of intervertebral disc degeneration in Southern European Ancestor

ZO Toktaş, MŞ Ekşi, B Yılmaz, MK Demir… - European Spine …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Several genomic loci have been previously found to be associated with
intervertebral disc degeneration, so far. Data are mostly derived from northern European …

Targeting autophagy for developing new therapeutic strategy in intervertebral disc degeneration

ME Bahar, JS Hwang, M Ahmed, TH Lai, TM Pham… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a prevalent cause of low back pain. IVDD is
characterized by abnormal expression of extracellular matrix components such as collagen …

Genetic background of degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine

Y Kawaguchi - Spine surgery and related research, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This is a review paper on the topic of genetic background of degenerative disc diseases in
the lumbar spine. Lumbar disc diseases (LDDs), such as lumbar disc degeneration and …

Influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms on rifampin pharmacokinetics in tuberculosis patients

L Thomas, S Sekhar Miraj, M Surulivelrajan, M Varma… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rifampin (RF) is metabolized in the liver into an active metabolite 25-desacetylrifampin and
excreted almost equally via biliary and renal routes. Various influx and efflux transporters …

Biomarkers for intervertebral disc and associated back pain: From diagnosis to disease prognosis and personalized treatment

C Leite Pereira, S Grad, RM Gonçalves - JOR Spine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomarkers are commonly recognized as objective indicators of a medical state or clinical
outcome and have been widely used as clinical and diagnostic tools and surrogate …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers for intervertebral disc and associated back pain: From diagnosis to disease prognosis and personalized treatment

CL Pereira, S Grad, RM Gonçalves - JOR spine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biomarkers are commonly recognized as objective indicators of a medical state or clinical
outcome and have been widely used as clinical and diagnostic tools and surrogate …

Vitamin D Receptor gene polymorphisms and plasma levels are associated with lumbar disc degeneration

Q Yang, Y Liu, Y Guan, X Zhan, Z Xiao, H Jiang… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of Vitamin D Receptor (VDR)
gene polymorphisms and VDR levels with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). TaqMan SNP …