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  1. Dorsal horn DCC amplification loop induced by endplate osteoclasts generates chronic nociplastic low back pain in male mice
  2. Newly identified intervertebral fat pad degenerates after intervertebral disc injury in a rat model of degeneration
  3. Age-related bone loss in mouse lumbar vertebrae is affected by region, sex, and level: Implications for spinal loading and analysis methods
  4. Animal Models of Disc Degeneration Using Puncture Injury: A 20 Year Perspective
  5. ZNF865 (BLST) Regulates Human Cell Senescence and DNA Damage
  6. TNFα Receptor 1 and Not Receptor 2 Affect Annulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus Response to Cytokine Challenge in a Rat Model
  7. Myoblast-derived ADAMTS-like 2 promotes skeletal muscle regeneration after injury
  8. The role of the complement system in disc degeneration and Modic changes
  9. Annulus Fibrosus Injury Induces Acute Neuroinflammation and Chronic Glial Response in Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord—An In Vivo Rat Discogenic Pain Model
  10. Galectin‐3 and RAGE differentially control advanced glycation endproduct‐induced collagen damage in murine intervertebral disc organ culture
  11. Spinal Cord Sensitization and Spinal Inflammation from an In Vivo Rat Endplate Injury Associated with Painful Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
  12. Teaching Tissue Repair Through an Inquiry-Based Learning Bioadhesives Module
  13. Genipin-crosslinked fibrin seeded with oxidized alginate microbeads as a novel composite biomaterial strategy for intervertebral disc cell therapy
  14. Ex vivo biomechanical evaluation of Acute lumbar endplate injury and comparison to annulus fibrosus injury in a rat model
  15. Mechanisms and clinical implications of intervertebral disc calcification
  16. Accelerometry Data Delineate Phases of Recovery and Supplement Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Lumbar Laminectomy
  17. Does the neutral zone quantification method matter? Efficacy of evaluating neutral zone during destabilization and restabilization in human spine implant testing
  18. High fat diet causes inferior vertebral structure and function without disc degeneration in RAGE‐KO mice
  19. Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing atlas of bovine caudal intervertebral discs: Discovery of heterogeneous cell populations with distinct roles in homeostasis
  20. Tenomodulin and Chondromodulin-1 Are Both Required to Maintain Biomechanical Function and Prevent Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
  21. Extracellular Vesicles as an Emerging Treatment Option for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Therapeutic Potential, Translational Pathways, and Regulatory Considerations
  22. Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration in rabbit models‐An initiative of the ORS spine section
  23. A perspective on the ORS Spine Section initiative to develop a multi‐species JOR Spine histopathology series
  24. Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration in rat models: An initiative of the ORS spine section
  25. Prenatal muscle forces are necessary for vertebral segmentation and disc structure, but not for notochord involution in mice
  26. Painful intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation: from laboratory evidence to clinical interventions
  27. Ingenuity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a controlled experiment for respirator mask efficacy testing
  28. Advancing basic and preclinical spine research: Highlights from the ORS PSRS 5th International Spine Research Symposium
  29. Ex-vivo biomechanics of repaired rat intervertebral discs using genipin crosslinked fibrin adhesive hydrogel
  30. Balancing biological and biomechanical performance in intervertebral disc repair: a systematic review of injectable cell delivery biomaterials
  31. The Functional Role of Interface Tissue Engineering in Annulus Fibrosus Repair: Bridging Mechanisms of Hydrogel Integration with Regenerative Outcomes
  32. Spatial mapping of collagen content and structure in human intervertebral disk degeneration
  33. Development of a two-part biomaterial adhesive strategy for annulus fibrosus repair and ex vivo evaluation of implant herniation risk
  34. Advanced glycation end products cause RAGE‐dependent annulus fibrosus collagen disruption and loss identified using in situ second harmonic generation imaging in mice intervertebral disk in vivo and in organ culture models
  35. Males and females exhibit distinct relationships between intervertebral disc degeneration and pain in a rat model
  36. Letter to the Editor: Individual Patient-reported Activity Levels Before and After Joint Arthroplasty Are Neither Accurate nor Reproducible
  37. Crosslinker concentration controls TGFβ-3 release and annulus fibrosus cell apoptosis in genipin-crosslinked fibrin hydrogels
  38. Leptin signaling and the intervertebral disc: Sex dependent effects of leptin receptor deficiency and Western diet on the spine in a type 2 diabetes mouse model
  39. The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in orthopedic research
  40. Measuring the neutral zone of spinal motion segments: Comparison of multiple analysis methods to quantify spinal instability
  41. Loss of tenomodulin expression is a risk factor for age‐related intervertebral disc degeneration
  42. Physician Decision-making in Return to Play After Cervical Spine Injury
  43. Functional cell phenotype induction with TGF-β1 and collagen-polyurethane scaffold for annulus fibrosus rupture repair
  44. Leptin signaling and the intervertebral disc: Sex dependent effects of leptin receptor deficiency and Western diet on the spine in a type 2 diabetes mouse model
  45. Morphological and biomechanical effects of annulus fibrosus injury and repair in an ovine cervical model
  46. Homeostasis disrupted by strain mechanosensing
  47. Neonatal annulus fibrosus regeneration occurs via recruitment and proliferation of Scleraxis-lineage cells
  48. Correction: Dietary polyphenols as a safe and novel intervention for modulating pain associated with intervertebral disc degeneration in an in-vivo rat model
  49. Phlpp1 is associated with human intervertebral disc degeneration and its deficiency promotes healing after needle puncture injury in mice
  50. Dietary polyphenols as a safe and novel intervention for modulating pain associated with intervertebral disc degeneration in an in-vivo rat model
  51. Sex Differences in Rat Intervertebral Disc Structure and Function Following Annular Puncture Injury
  52. Injectable cellulose-based hydrogels as nucleus pulposus replacements: Assessment of in vitro structural stability, ex vivo herniation risk, and in vivo biocompatibility
  53. Biomechanical test protocols to detect minor injury effects in intervertebral discs
  54. Composite biomaterial repair strategy to restore biomechanical function and reduce herniation risk in an ex vivo large animal model of intervertebral disc herniation with varying injury severity
  55. Fibrin-Genipin Hydrogel for Cartilage Tissue Engineering in Nasal Reconstruction
  56. Discogenic Back Pain: Literature Review of Definition, Diagnosis, and Treatment
  57. Short-term foetal immobility temporally and progressively affects chick spinal curvature and anatomy and rib development
  58. Dietary advanced glycation end-product consumption leads to mechanical stiffening of murine intervertebral discs
  59. 3D printing a mechanically-tunable acrylate resin on a commercial DLP-SLA printer
  60. Annulus fibrosus cell phenotypes in homeostasis and injury: implications for regenerative strategies
  61. New horizons in spine research: Disc biology, tissue engineering, biomechanics, translational, and clinical research
  62. Critical aspects and challenges for intervertebral disc repair and regeneration-Harnessing advances in tissue engineering
  63. Effects of Level, Loading Rate, Injury and Repair on Biomechanical Response of Ovine Cervical Intervertebral Discs
  64. Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Product Consumption Leads to Mechanical Stiffening of Murine Intervertebral Discs
  65. Thermoresponsive, redox-polymerized cellulosic hydrogels undergo in situ gelation and restore intervertebral disc biomechanics post discectomy
  66. Inhibiting tumor necrosis factor-alpha at time of induced intervertebral disc injury limits long-term pain and degeneration in a rat model
  67. Elevated glycohemoglobin HbA1c is associated with low back pain in nonoverweight diabetics
  68. Effect of the CCL5-Releasing Fibrin Gel for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration
  69. Neonatal mouse intervertebral discs heal with restored function following herniation injury
  70. Animal models for studying the etiology and treatment of low back pain
  71. Publication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
  72. A method for characterising human intervertebral disc glycosaminoglycan disaccharides using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with multiple reaction monitoring
  73. Accumulation and localization of macrophage phenotypes with human intervertebral disc degeneration
  74. Cell-Seeded Adhesive Biomaterial for Repair of Annulus Fibrosus Defects in Intervertebral Discs
  75. Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products Have Sex- and Age-Dependent Effects on Vertebral Bone Microstructure and Mechanical Function in Mice
  76. Hyperosmolarity induces notochordal cell differentiation with aquaporin3 upregulation and reduced N-cadherin expression
  77. Looking beyond the intervertebral disc: the need for behavioral assays in models of discogenic pain
  78. Structural and Chemical Modification to Improve Adhesive and Material Properties of Fibrin-Genipin for Repair of Annulus Fibrosus Defects in Intervertebral Disks
  79. Abnormal fetal muscle forces result in defects in spinal curvature and alterations in vertebral segmentation and shape
  80. In vitro and biomechanical screening of polyethylene glycol and poly(trimethylene carbonate) block copolymers for annulus fibrosus repair
  81. Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair
  82. New horizons in spine research: Intervertebral disc repair and regeneration
  83. AGEs induce ectopic endochondral ossification in intervertebral discs
  84. Molecular mechanisms of biological aging in intervertebral discs
  85. New Horizons in Spine Research: Disc biology, spine biomechanics and pathomechanisms of back pain
  86. Does type 2 diabetes mellitus promote intervertebral disc degeneration?
  87. Do mechanical strain and TNF-α interact to amplify pro-inflammatory cytokine production in human annulus fibrosus cells?
  88. Annular puncture with tumor necrosis factor-alpha injection enhances painful behavior with disc degeneration in vivo
  89. Design Requirements for Annulus Fibrosus Repair: Review of Forces, Displacements, and Material Properties of the Intervertebral Disk and a Summary of Candidate Hydrogels for Repair
  90. Mechanical restoration and failure analyses of a hydrogel and scaffold composite strategy for annulus fibrosus repair
  91. Development of a bovine decellularized extracellular matrix-biomaterial for nucleus pulposus regeneration
  92. Association Between BMP-2 and Carcinogenicity
  93. Fibrin-genipin annulus fibrosus sealant as a delivery system for anti-TNFα drug
  94. Inflammatory Kinetics and Efficacy of Anti-inflammatory Treatments on Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells
  95. Intact glycosaminoglycans from intervertebral disc-derived notochordal cell-conditioned media inhibit neurite growth while maintaining neuronal cell viability
  96. Assessment of functional and behavioral changes sensitive to painful disc degeneration
  97. Correction: Combined Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-AGE Drug Treatments Have a Protective Effect on Intervertebral Discs in Mice with Diabetes
  98. TNFα Transport Induced by Dynamic Loading Alters Biomechanics of Intact Intervertebral Discs
  99. Soluble factors from the notochordal-rich intervertebral disc inhibit endothelial cell invasion and vessel formation in the presence and absence of pro-inflammatory cytokines
  100. Chronic Ingestion of Advanced Glycation End Products Induces Degenerative Spinal Changes and Hypertrophy in Aging Pre-Diabetic Mice
  101. Defining the phenotype of young healthy nucleus pulposus cells: Recommendations of the Spine Research Interest Group at the 2014 annual ORS meeting
  102. Form and function of the intervertebral disc in health and disease: a morphological and stain comparison study
  103. Cellular bone matrices: viable stem cell-containing bone graft substitutes
  104. Detrimental effects of discectomy on intervertebral disc biology can be decelerated by growth factor treatment during surgery: a large animal organ culture model
  105. Characterization of Mechanics and Cytocompatibility of Fibrin-Genipin Annulus Fibrosus Sealant with the Addition of Cell Adhesion Molecules
  106. Outcomes and Complications of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients Undergoing Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery
  107. The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients Undergoing Degenerative Cervical Spine Surgery
  108. Nonoperative Management of Discogenic Back Pain
  109. Dose Responsive Effects of Subcutaneous Pentosan Polysulfate Injection in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI Rats and Comparison to Oral Treatment
  110. Development and validation of a bioreactor system for dynamic loading and mechanical characterization of whole human intervertebral discs in organ culture
  111. Notochordal Cell-Derived Therapeutic Strategies for Discogenic Back Pain
  112. Intervertebral Disc Culture Models and Their Applications to Study Pathogenesis and Repair
  113. Combined Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-AGE Drug Treatments Have a Protective Effect on Intervertebral Discs in Mice with Diabetes
  114. Degenerative Grade Affects the Responses of Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells to Link-N, CTGF, and TGFβ3
  115. Analysis of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and biomechanical parameters on human discs with different grades of degeneration
  116. A role for TNFα in intervertebral disc degeneration: A non-recoverable catabolic shift
  117. Genetic polymorphisms associated with intervertebral disc degeneration
  118. Role of biomechanics in intervertebral disc degeneration and regenerative therapies: what needs repairing in the disc and what are promising biomaterials for its repair?
  119. Pentosan Polysulfate: A Novel Therapy for the Mucopolysaccharidoses
  120. Dynamic pressurization induces transition of notochordal cells to a mature phenotype while retaining production of important patterning ligands from development
  121. Structural, compositional, and biomechanical alterations of the lumbar spine in rats with mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome)
  122. Stress and matrix-responsive cytoskeletal remodeling in fibroblasts
  123. Genipin-Crosslinked Fibrin Hydrogels Modified With Collagen or Fibronectin as an Annulus Fibrosus Sealant
  124. Height and torsional stiffness are most sensitive to annular injury in large animal intervertebral discs
  125. Live free or die: Stretch-induced apoptosis occurs when adaptive reorientation of annulus fibrosus cells is restricted
  126. Commentary: Does needle injection cause disc degeneration? News in the continuing debate regarding pathophysiology associated with intradiscal injections
  127. Large residual strains are present in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus in the unloaded state
  128. Regenerative potential of TGFβ3 + Dex and notochordal cell conditioned media on degenerated human intervertebral disc cells
  129. Complex loading affects intervertebral disc mechanics and biology
  130. Effects of Torsion on Intervertebral Disc Gene Expression and Biomechanics, Using a Rat Tail Model
  131. Fibroblast cytoskeletal remodeling contributes to connective tissue tension
  132. Region-Dependent Aggrecan Degradation Patterns in the Rat Intervertebral Disc Are Affected by Mechanical Loading In Vivo
  133. Erratum to: Needle puncture injury of the rat intervertebral disc affects torsional and compressive biomechanics differently
  134. Notochordal conditioned media from tissue increases proteoglycan accumulation and promotes a healthy nucleus pulposus phenotype in human mesenchymal stem cells
  135. Penetrating Annulus Fibrosus Injuries Affect Dynamic Compressive Behaviors of the Intervertebral Disc Via Altered Fluid Flow: An Analytical Interpretation
  136. The effects of needle puncture injury on microscale shear strain in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus
  137. Refinement of Elastic, Poroelastic, and Osmotic Tissue Properties of Intervertebral Disks to Analyze Behavior in Compression
  138. Needle puncture injury of the rat intervertebral disc affects torsional and compressive biomechanics differently
  139. Effects of enzymatic digestion on compressive properties of rat intervertebral discs
  140. Limitation of Finite Element Analysis of Poroelastic Behavior of Biological Tissues Undergoing Rapid Loading
  141. Notochordal cell conditioned medium stimulates mesenchymal stem cell differentiation toward a young nucleus pulposus phenotype
  142. Function follows form
  143. Measurement of local strains in intervertebral disc anulus fibrosus tissue under dynamic shear: Contributions of matrix fiber orientation and elastin content
  144. In vivo remodeling of intervertebral discs in response to short- and long-term dynamic compression
  145. Localized Intervertebral Disc Injury Leads to Organ Level Changes in Structure, Cellularity, and Biosynthesis
  146. An Analytical Model Describing Intervertebral Disc Mechanics Following a Needle Puncture Injury
  147. Asymmetric Loading Promotes Early Signs of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Large Animal Organ Culture
  148. Measurement of Local Strains in Intervertebral Disc Anulus Fibrosus Tissue Under Dynamic Shear: Contributions of Matrix Fiber Orientation and Elastin Content
  149. Intervertebral disc cell response to dynamic compression is age and frequency dependent
  150. MSC response to pH levels found in degenerating intervertebral discs
  151. Spatially Resolved Streaming Potentials of Human Intervertebral Disk Motion Segments Under Dynamic Axial Compression
  152. Quantitative MRI as a diagnostic tool of intervertebral disc matrix composition and integrity
  153. Behavior of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Chemical Microenvironment of the Intervertebral Disc
  154. Frequency-Dependent Behavior of the Intervertebral Disc in Response to Each of Six Degree of Freedom Dynamic Loading
  155. Dynamic Compression Effects on Intervertebral Disc Mechanics and Biology
  156. Mechanical homeostasis is altered in uterine leiomyoma
  157. Needle Puncture Injury Affects Intervertebral Disc Mechanics and Biology in an Organ Culture Model
  158. Evaluation of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, biochemical and mechanical properties of trypsin-treated intervertebral discs under physiological compression loading
  159. In vivo intervertebral disc remodeling: Kinetics of mRNA expression in response to a single loading event
  160. Different Effects of Static Versus Cyclic Compressive Loading on Rat Intervertebral Disc Height and Water Loss In Vitro
  161. Measurements of Proteoglycan and Water Content Distribution in Human Lumbar Intervertebral Discs
  162. Characterization of an in vitro intervertebral disc organ culture system
  163. A numerical study to determine pericellular matrix modulus and evaluate its effects on the micromechanical environment of chondrocytes
  164. A Removable Precision Device for In-Vivo Mechanical Compression of Rat Tail Intervertebral Discs
  165. Direct measurement of intervertebral disc maximum shear strain in six degrees of freedom: Motions that place disc tissue at risk of injury
  166. Role of endplates in contributing to compression behaviors of motion segments and intervertebral discs
  167. Correlating Material Properties with Tissue Composition in Enzymatically Digested Bovine Annulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus Tissue
  168. Effects of Mechanical Loading on Intervertebral Disc Metabolism In Vivo
  169. In Vitro Organ Culture of the Bovine Intervertebral Disc
  170. Assessment of compressive modulus, hydraulic permeability and matrix content of trypsin-treated nucleus pulposus using quantitative MRI
  171. Confined compression experiments on bovine nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus: sensitivity of the experiment in the determination of compressive modulus and hydraulic permeability
  172. The effects of short-term load duration on anabolic and catabolic gene expression in the rat tail intervertebral disc
  173. Effect of mechanical loading on mRNA levels of common endogenous controls in articular chondrocytes and intervertebral disk
  174. Dynamic fibroblast cytoskeletal response to subcutaneous tissue stretch ex vivo and in vivo
  175. Mechanical damage to the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus subjected to tensile loading
  176. Introduction
  177. Mechanical Conditions That Accelerate Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Overload Versus Immobilization
  178. Anabolic and catabolic mRNA levels of the intervertebral disc vary with the magnitude and frequency of in vivo dynamic compression
  179. Mechanisms for mechanical damage in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus
  180. Organ Culture System for Mechanobiology Studies of the Intervertebral Disc
  181. Influence of Fixed Charge Density Magnitude and Distribution on the Intervertebral Disc: Applications of a Poroelastic and Chemical Electric (PEACE) Model
  182. Mechanical Damage to the Intervertebral Disc Annulus Fibrosus Subjected to Cyclic Tensile Loading
  183. Growth Plate Chondrocyte Enlargement Modulated by Mechanical Loading
  184. Streaming potential of human lumbar anulus fibrosus is anisotropic and affected by disc degeneration
  185. Shear mechanical properties of human lumbar annulus fibrosus
  186. Mechanical modulation of growth for the correction of vertebral wedge deformities
  187. Compression-Induced Changes in Intervertebral Disc Properties in a Rat Tail Model
  188. Creation and Correction of Vertebral Wedge Deformity by Mechanical Modulation of Growth
  189. Degeneration affects the anisotropic and nonlinear behaviors of human anulus fibrosus in compression
  190. The viscoelastic behavior of the non-degenerate human lumbar nucleus pulposus in shear
  191. Alterations in the mechanical behavior of the human lumbar nucleus pulposus with degeneration and aging
  192. Determination of collagen-proteoglycan interactions in vitro
  193. Is the Nucleus Pulposus a Solid or a Fluid? Mechanical Behaviors of the Nucleus Pulposus of the Human Intervertebral Disc
  194. Tensile Properties of Nondegenerate Human Lumbar Anulus Fibrosus
  195. Degeneration and Aging Affect the Tensile Behavior of Human Lumbar Anulus Fibrosus
  196. Regional Variation in Tensile Properties and Biochemical Composition of the Human Lumbar Anulus Fibrosus
  197. Development of an At-home Metal Corrosion Laboratory Experiment for STEM Outreach in Biomaterials During the Covid-19 Pandemic