Transplantation of activated nucleus pulposus cells after cryopreservation: efficacy study in a canine disc degeneration model

Transplantation of activated nucleus pulposus (NP) cells obtained by coculturing NP cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells having cell-to-cell contact has been shown to be effective in animal models and, more recently, in human clinical trials. If the NP cells can be cryopreserved, then aut...

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Main Authors: T Nukaga, D Sakai, M Tanaka, A Hiyama, T Nakai, J Mochida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2016-01-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol031/pdf/v031a07.pdf