Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Regeneration: New Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutics

Hideki Sudo

doi:10.3390/cells13020153

Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Regeneration: New Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutics

Cells. 2024 Jan 15;13(2):153. doi: 10.3390/cells13020153.

Author

Hideki Sudo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Advanced Medicine for Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15W7, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan.

Abstract

The intervertebral disc (IVD) is a soft tissue that constitutes the spinal column together with the vertebrae, and consists of the central nucleus pulposus (gelatinous tissue) and the annulus fibrosus (rich in fibrous tissue) that surrounds the nucleus pulposus [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Annulus Fibrosus*
Food
Gelatin
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* / therapy
Spine

Substances

Gelatin

Grants and funding

H.S. was funded through the project (Research Project for Practical Applications of Regenerative Medicine) funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP23bk0104143h0002).