Materials for the Spine: Anatomy, Problems, and Solutions

3D bioprinting of cell-laden scaffolds for intervertebral disc regeneration

(2018) Duo Hu et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Nanocellulose reinforced gellan-gum hydrogels as potential biological substitutes for annulus fibrosus tissue regeneration

(2018) Diana R. Pereira et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Cell-Seeded Adhesive Biomaterial for Repair of Annulus Fibrosus Defects in Intervertebral Discs

(2018) Michelle A. Cruz et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Lessons to be learned and future directions for intervertebral disc biomaterials

(2018) Matteo D'Este et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Injectable natural polymer compound for tissue engineering of intervertebral disc: In vitro study

(2017) Masoud Ghorbani et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Biomimetic nanofibers can construct effective tissue-engineered intervertebral discs for therapeutic implantation

(2017) Junchuan Yang et al.   Nanoscale

Silk-based multilayered angle-ply annulus fibrosus construct to recapitulate form and function of the intervertebral disc

(2017) Bibhas K. Bhunia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hypoxic Expansion of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhances Three-Dimensional Maturation of Tissue-Engineered Intervertebral Discs

(2017) Katherine D. Hudson et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

In Vitro Generated Intervertebral Discs: Toward Engineering Tissue Integration

(2017) Jonathan Iu et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Assessing the correlation between the degree of disc degeneration on the Pfirrmann scale and the metabolites identified in HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy

(2016) Maciej Radek et al.   MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

A combined biomaterial and cellular approach for annulus fibrosus rupture repair

(2015) Tatiana Pirvu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A Structurally and Functionally Biomimetic Biphasic Scaffold for Intervertebral Disc Tissue Engineering

(2015) Andrew Tsz Hang Choy et al.   PLoS One

Dose-Dependent Response of Tissue-Engineered Intervertebral Discs to Dynamic Unconfined Compressive Loading

(2015) Katherine D. Hudson et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction

(2014) Janna K. Mouw et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Low Back Pain and Lumbar Spine Osteoarthritis: How Are They Related?

(2013) Adam P. Goode et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports

Bioactive electrospun scaffold for annulus fibrosus repair and regeneration

(2012) Gianluca Vadalà et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Caspase 3 as a therapeutic target for regulation of intervertebral disc degeneration in rabbits

(2011) Hideki Sudo et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Human annulus fibrosus material properties from biaxial testing and constitutive modeling are altered with degeneration

(2011) Grace D. O’Connell et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Morphometric analysis of the relationships between intervertebral disc and vertebral body heights: an anatomical and radiographic study of the human thoracic spine

(2011) Maria E. Kunkel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Morphology of the human vertebral endplate

(2011) Azucena G. Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Biomechanics of Intervertebral Disk Degeneration

(2011) Nozomu Inoue et al.   ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Silk-Fibrin/Hyaluronic Acid Composite Gels for Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Regeneration

(2011) Sang-Hyug Park et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Stiffness of the endplate boundary layer and endplate surface topography are associated with brittleness of human whole vertebral bodies

(2010) Srikant Nekkanty et al.   BONE

Healing of a painful intervertebral disc should not be confused with reversing disc degeneration: Implications for physical therapies for discogenic back pain

(2010) Michael A. Adams et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Mechanical design criteria for intervertebral disc tissue engineering

(2010) Nandan L. Nerurkar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

The Collagen Family

(2010) S. Ricard-Blum   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Mechanical Behavior of Annulus Fibrosus: A Microstructural Model of Fibers Reorientation

(2009) D. Ambard et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

The elastic fibre network of the human lumbar anulus fibrosus: architecture, mechanical function and potential role in the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration

(2009) Lachlan J. Smith et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

The Basic Science of Articular Cartilage: Structure, Composition, and Function

(2009) Alice J. Sophia Fox et al.   Sports Health-A Multidisciplinary Approach

Repair, regenerative and supportive therapies of the annulus fibrosus: achievements and challenges

(2008) Johannes Leendert Bron et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Genetic and Environmental Effects on Disc Degeneration by Phenotype and Spinal Level

(2008) Michele C. Battié et al.   SPINE

Intervertebral Disc: Anatomy-Physiology-Pathophysiology-Treatment

(2008) P. Prithvi Raj   Pain Practice

An injectable cross-linked scaffold for nucleus pulposus regeneration

(2007) Damien O. Halloran et al.   BIOMATERIALS