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