Successful fishing for nucleus pulposus progenitor cells of the intervertebral disc across species

Background Recently, Tie2/TEK receptor tyrosine kinase (Tie2 or syn. angiopoietin‐1 receptor) positive nucleus pulposus progenitor cells were detected in human, cattle, and mouse. These cells show remarkable multilineage differentiation capacity and direct correlation with intervertebral disc (IVD)...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Sakai, Jordy Schol, Frances C. Bach, Adel Tekari, Nobuho Sagawa, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Samantha C.W. Chan, Tomoko Nakai, Laura B. Creemers, Daniela A. Frauchiger, Rahel D. May, Sibylle Grad, Masahiko Watanabe, Marianna A. Tryfonidou, Benjamin Gantenbein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-06-01
Series:JOR Spine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1018