Estudios científicos
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- Penolazzi, L, Lambertini, E, D'Agostino, S, Pozzobon, M, Notarangelo, MP, Greco, P et al.. Decellularized extracellular matrix-based scaffold and hypoxic priming: A promising combination to improve the phenotype of degenerate intervertebral disc cells. Life Sci. 2022;301 :120623. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120623. PubMed PMID:35537547 .
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- Sakai, D, Schol, J, Watanabe, M. Clinical Development of Regenerative Medicine Targeted for Intervertebral Disc Disease. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022;58 (2):. doi: 10.3390/medicina58020267. PubMed PMID:35208590 PubMed Central PMC8878570.
- Widjaja, G, Jalil, AT, Budi, HS, Abdelbasset, WK, Efendi, S, Suksatan, W et al.. Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells and their exosomes application in the treatment of intervertebral disc disease: A promising frontier. Int Immunopharmacol. 2022;105 :108537. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108537. PubMed PMID:35101851 .
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- Sako, K, Sakai, D, Nakamura, Y, Schol, J, Matsushita, E, Warita, T et al.. Effect of Whole Tissue Culture and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Maintenance of Tie2 Molecule Expression in Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2021;22 (9):. doi: 10.3390/ijms22094723. PubMed PMID:33946902 PubMed Central PMC8124367.
- Xiang, H, Su, W, Wu, X, Chen, W, Cong, W, Yang, S et al.. Exosomes Derived from Human Urine-Derived Stem Cells Inhibit Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Ameliorating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020;2020 :6697577. doi: 10.1155/2020/6697577. PubMed PMID:33488928 PubMed Central PMC7787770.
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- Mujawar, S, Iyengar, K, Nadkarni, S, Mulherkar, R. Expansion and characterization of cells from surgically removed intervertebral disc fragments in xenogen-free medium. J Biosci. 2020;45 :. . PubMed PMID:32975235 .
- Wu, PH, Kim, HS, Jang, IT. Intervertebral Disc Diseases PART 2: A Review of the Current Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Intervertebral Disc Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21 (6):. doi: 10.3390/ijms21062135. PubMed PMID:32244936 PubMed Central PMC7139690.
- Ukeba, D, Sudo, H, Tsujimoto, T, Ura, K, Yamada, K, Iwasaki, N et al.. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells combined with ultra-purified alginate gel as a regenerative therapeutic strategy after discectomy for degenerated intervertebral discs. EBioMedicine. 2020;53 :102698. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102698. PubMed PMID:32143180 PubMed Central PMC7057222.
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- Takeoka, Y, Yurube, T, Morimoto, K, Kunii, S, Kanda, Y, Tsujimoto, R et al.. Reduced nucleotomy-induced intervertebral disc disruption through spontaneous spheroid formation by the Low Adhesive Scaffold Collagen (LASCol). Biomaterials. 2020;235 :119781. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119781. PubMed PMID:31981764 .
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- Bari, E, Perteghella, S, Marrubini, G, Sorrenti, M, Catenacci, L, Tripodo, G et al.. In vitro efficacy of silk sericin microparticles and platelet lysate for intervertebral disk regeneration. Int J Biol Macromol. 2018;118 (Pt A):792-799. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.06.135. PubMed PMID:29959012 .
- Huang, X, Wang, W, Liu, X, Xi, Y, Yu, J, Yang, X et al.. Bone mesenchymal stem cells attenuate radicular pain by inhibiting microglial activation in a rat noncompressive disk herniation model. Cell Tissue Res. 2018;374 (1):99-110. doi: 10.1007/s00441-018-2855-5. PubMed PMID:29858667 .
- Serakinci, N, Savtekin, G. Modeling Mesenchymal Stem Cells in TMJ Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Therapy. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2017;27 (3):205-210. doi: 10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2017019380. PubMed PMID:29199605 .
- Miguélez-Rivera, L, Pérez-Castrillo, S, González-Fernández, ML, Prieto-Fernández, JG, López-González, ME, García-Cosamalón, J et al.. Immunomodulation of mesenchymal stem cells in discogenic pain. Spine J. 2018;18 (2):330-342. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.09.002. PubMed PMID:28939169 .
- Knezevic, NN, Mandalia, S, Raasch, J, Knezevic, I, Candido, KD. Treatment of chronic low back pain - new approaches on the horizon. J Pain Res. 2017;10 :1111-1123. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S132769. PubMed PMID:28546769 PubMed Central PMC5436786.
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- Kim, Y, Lee, SH, Kim, WH, Kweon, OK. Transplantation of adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells for acute thoracolumbar disc disease with no deep pain perception in dogs. J Vet Sci. 2016;17 (1):123-6. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2016.17.1.123. PubMed PMID:27051350 PubMed Central PMC4808638.
- Wu, T, Song, HX, Dong, Y, Li, JH. Cell-Based Therapies for Lumbar Discogenic Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Single-Arm Meta-analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018;43 (1):49-57. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001549. PubMed PMID:26953666 .
- Shang, J, Fan, X, Shangguan, L, Liu, H, Zhou, Y. Global Gene Expression Profiling and Alternative Splicing Events during the Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Cartilage Endplate-Derived Stem Cells. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015 :604972. doi: 10.1155/2015/604972. PubMed PMID:26649308 PubMed Central PMC4662983.
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- Besalti, O, Can, P, Akpinar, E, Aktas, Z, Elcin, AE, Elcin, YM et al.. Intraspinal Transplantation of Autologous Neurogenically-Induced Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Paraplegic Dogs without Deep Pain Perception Secondary to Intervertebral Disk Disease. Turk Neurosurg. 2015;25 (4):625-32. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14502-15.2. PubMed PMID:26242341 .
- Li, Z, Peroglio, M, Alini, M, Grad, S. Potential and limitations of intervertebral disc endogenous repair. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther. 2015;10 (4):329-38. doi: 10.2174/1574888x10666150305105114. PubMed PMID:25741710 .
- Marfia, G, Navone, SE, Di Vito, C, Tabano, S, Giammattei, L, Di Cristofori, A et al.. Gene expression profile analysis of human mesenchymal stem cells from herniated and degenerated intervertebral discs reveals different expression of osteopontin. Stem Cells Dev. 2015;24 (3):320-8. doi: 10.1089/scd.2014.0282. PubMed PMID:25203751 .
- Kadow, T, Sowa, G, Vo, N, Kang, JD. Molecular basis of intervertebral disc degeneration and herniations: what are the important translational questions?. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015;473 (6):1903-12. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-3774-8. PubMed PMID:25024024 PubMed Central PMC4418989.
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- Gilbert, HT, Hoyland, JA, Richardson, SM. Stem cell regeneration of degenerated intervertebral discs: current status (update). Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013;17 (12):377. doi: 10.1007/s11916-013-0377-0. PubMed PMID:24234817 .
- Jung, JW, Kwon, M, Choi, JC, Shin, JW, Park, IW, Choi, BW et al.. Familial occurrence of pulmonary embolism after intravenous, adipose tissue-derived stem cell therapy. Yonsei Med J. 2013;54 (5):1293-6. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.5.1293. PubMed PMID:23918585 PubMed Central PMC3743204.
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- Salvatierra, JC, Yuan, TY, Fernando, H, Castillo, A, Gu, WY, Cheung, HS et al.. Difference in Energy Metabolism of Annulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus Cells of the Intervertebral Disc. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2011;4 (2):302-310. doi: 10.1007/s12195-011-0164-0. PubMed PMID:21625336 PubMed Central PMC3103069.
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