Coming together is a beginning: The making of an intervertebral disc

Down-Regulated CK8 Expression in Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

(2013) Zhen Sun et al.   International Journal of Medical Sciences

Histological Features of Endplates of the Mammalian Spine

(2013) Yejia Zhang et al.   SPINE

Nucleus pulposus degeneration alters properties of resident progenitor cells

(2013) Olga Mizrahi et al.   Spine Journal

Notochordal Cells in the Adult Intervertebral Disc: New Perspective on an Old Question

(2012) Makarand V. Risbud et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION

Avian intervertebral disc arises from rostral sclerotome and lacks a nucleus pulposus: Implications for evolution of the vertebrate disc

(2012) Bradley J. Bruggeman et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

A Cre knock-in mouse line on theSickle taillocus induces recombination in the notochord and intervertebral disks

(2012) Koichiro Abe et al.   GENESIS

Characterization of the annulus fibrosus-vertebral body interface: identification of new structural features

(2012) Y. S. Nosikova et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Intervertebral Disc-Derived Stem Cells

(2012) W. Mark Erwin et al.   SPINE

The Presence of Local Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells in Human Degenerated Intervertebral Discs and Possibilities to Influence These In Vitro: A Descriptive Study in Humans

(2012) Helena Brisby et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

(2012) Daisuke Sakai et al.   Nature Communications

Identification of cell surface-specific markers to target human nucleus pulposus cells: Expression of carbonic anhydrase XII varies with age and degeneration

(2011) Karen A. Power et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

The expression of osteoprotegerin is required for maintaining the intervertebral disc endplate of aged mice

(2011) Qian-Qian Liang et al.   BONE

Tracing notochord-derived cells using a Noto-cre mouse: implications for intervertebral disc development

(2011) M. R. McCann et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Intervertebral Disk Nutrition: A Review of Factors Influencing Concentrations of Nutrients and Metabolites

(2011) Thijs Grunhagen et al.   ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Support of Concept That Migrating Progenitor Cells From Stem Cell Niches Contribute to Normal Regeneration of the Adult Mammal Intervertebral Disc

(2011) Helena Barreto Henriksson et al.   SPINE

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTEBRAL ENDPLATE CHANGES IN THE DOG

(2011) KARINE GENDRON et al.   VETERINARY RADIOLOGY & ULTRASOUND

Notochordal conditioned media from tissue increases proteoglycan accumulation and promotes a healthy nucleus pulposus phenotype in human mesenchymal stem cells

(2011) Devina Purmessur et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Notochordal cells protect nucleus pulposus cells from degradation and apoptosis: implications for the mechanisms of intervertebral disc degeneration

(2011) W Erwin et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Characterization of the human nucleus pulposus cell phenotype and evaluation of novel marker gene expression to define adult stem cell differentiation

(2010) Ben M. Minogue et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Molecular profiling of the developing mouse axial skeleton: a role for Tgfbr2 in the development of the intervertebral disc

(2010) Philip Sohn et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Embryology and bony malformations of the craniovertebral junction

(2010) Dachling Pang et al.   CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Developmental fate of the mammalian myotome

(2010) Marianne Deries et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Degeneration and regeneration of the intervertebral disc: lessons from development

(2010) L. J. Smith et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Immunohistochemical identification of notochordal markers in cells in the aging human lumbar intervertebral disc

(2010) Christoph Weiler et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Role of the transcription factor T (brachyury) in the pathogenesis of sporadic chordoma: a genetic and functional-based study

(2010) Nadège Presneau et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells From Human Degenerated Nucleus Pulposus

(2010) Juan F. Blanco et al.   SPINE

Age-Related Variation in Cell Density of Human Lumbar Intervertebral Disc

(2010) Thomas Liebscher et al.   SPINE

Differential expression level of cytokeratin 8 in cells of the bovine nucleus pulposus complicates the search for specific intervertebral disc cell markers

(2010) Audrey Gilson et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Transcriptional profiling of bovine intervertebral disc cells: implications for identification of normal and degenerate human intervertebral disc cell phenotypes

(2010) Ben M Minogue et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Notochordal cell conditioned medium stimulates mesenchymal stem cell differentiation toward a young nucleus pulposus phenotype

(2010) Casey L Korecki et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Brachyury Expression in Extra-axial Skeletal and Soft Tissue Chordomas: A Marker that Distinguishes Chordoma From Mixed Tumor/Myoepithelioma/Parachordoma in Soft Tissue

(2009) Roberto Tirabosco et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

Control of Stem Cell Fate by Physical Interactions with the Extracellular Matrix

(2009) Farshid Guilak et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Injury-induced sequential transformation of notochordal nucleus pulposus to chondrogenic and fibrocartilaginous phenotype in the mouse

(2009) Fan Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Wnt signaling maintains the notochord fate for progenitor cells and supports the posterior extension of the notochord

(2009) Kanako Ukita et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

T (brachyury) gene duplication confers major susceptibility to familial chordoma

(2009) Xiaohong R Yang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Variations in gene and protein expression in human nucleus pulposus in comparison with annulus fibrosus and cartilage cells: potential associations with aging and degeneration

(2009) J. Rutges et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Differential Phenotype of Intervertebral Disc Cells

(2009) Daisuke Sakai et al.   SPINE

Differentiation of Intervertebral Notochordal Cells Through Live Automated Cell Imaging System In Vitro

(2009) Joo Han Kim et al.   SPINE

Identification of Cell Proliferation Zones, Progenitor Cells and a Potential Stem Cell Niche in the Intervertebral Disc Region

(2009) Helena B. Henriksson et al.   SPINE

Effect of Severity of Intervertebral Disc Injury on Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Regeneration

(2008) Grace Ho et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Identification of nucleus pulposus precursor cells and notochordal remnants in the mouse: Implications for disk degeneration and chordoma formation

(2008) Kyung-Suk Choi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Redundant Roles of Tead1 and Tead2 in Notochord Development and the Regulation of Cell Proliferation and Survival

(2008) A. Sawada et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY