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  1. The ISSLS VERTEBRA initiative: establishing reporting standards for regenerative medicine trials in disc degeneration and low back pain

    Article • European Spine Journal, October 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

  2. Tie2-enriched nucleus pulposus cell transplantation enables severity-independent disc repair in a canine model with induced and controlled disc degeneration severity

    Article • npj Regenerative Medicine, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

  3. Lost in Translation: Why Biologic Therapies for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain Have Not Reached the Clinic (Yet)

    Article • JOR Spine, July 2026, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  4. Adapt, Mitigate, and Target: The Role of Oxidative Stress in Intervertebral Disc Homeostasis and Disc Degeneration

    Article • Neurospine, April 2026, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Jordy Schol

  5. Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Osteobiologics in Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Article • Global Spine Journal, April 2026, SAGE Publications

    Jordy Schol

  6. TIE2-positive cells in the nucleus pulposus with a purpose: the who, what and why

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Science, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

  7. The Gut-Disc Axis: Unraveling the Microbiome’s Role in Lumbar Disc Herniation

    Article • Neurospine, January 2026, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Jordy Schol

  8. Efficacy and Safety of Osteobiologics for Lumbar Spinal Fusion

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, July 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Jordy Schol

  9. The Vicious Cycle of Obesity and Low Back Pain: A Comprehensive Review

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  10. The forgotten spine score: study protocol for a novel patient-centered outcome measure in lumbar spine fusion surgery

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, May 2025, Frontiers

    Jordy Schol

  11. Extracellular vesicles for intervertebral disc regeneration

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  12. Alginate vs. Hyaluronic Acid as Carriers for Nucleus Pulposus Cells: A Study on Regenerative Outcomes in Disc Degeneration

    Article • Cells, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  13. Assessment of Tie2-Rejuvenated Nucleus Pulposus Cell Transplants from Young and Old Patient Sources Demonstrates That Age Still Matters

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  14. Getting to the Core: Exploring the Embryonic Development from Notochord to Nucleus Pulposus

    Article • Journal of Developmental Biology, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  15. Cell Therapy for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration: Progress and Hurdles in Clinical Translation

    Article • Indian Spine Journal, July 2024, Medknow

    Jordy Schol

  16. Enzymatic chemonucleolysis for lumbar disc herniation—an assessment of historical and contemporary efficacy and safety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

  17. A comprehensive review of cell transplantation and platelet‐rich plasma therapy for the treatment of disc degeneration‐related back and neck pain: A systematic evidence‐based analysis

    Article • JOR Spine, June 2024, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  18. SOD2 orchestrates redox homeostasis in intervertebral discs: A novel insight into oxidative stress-mediated degeneration and therapeutic potential

    Article • Redox Biology, May 2024, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  19. Revisiting the Newest Vital Sign Survey: Addressing Concerns About This Health Literacy Assessment Tool

    Article • HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice, April 2024, SLACK, Inc.

    Jordy Schol

  20. ISSLS PRIZE in Basic Science 2024: superiority of nucleus pulposus cell- versus mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles in attenuating disc degeneration and alleviating pain

    Article • European Spine Journal, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

  21. Threats and opportunities of using ChatGPT in scientific writing—The risk of getting spineless

    Article • JOR Spine, December 2023, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  22. Recombinant Laminin-511 Fragment (iMatrix-511) Coating Supports Maintenance of Human Nucleus Pulposus Progenitor Cells In Vitro

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  23. Investigation of the Mitigation of DMSO-Induced Cytotoxicity by Hyaluronic Acid following Cryopreservation of Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  24. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliotic Deformity Correction Surgery Assisted by Smart-Glasses Can Enhance Correction Outcomes and Accuracy, While Also Improving Surgeon Fatigue

    Article • World Neurosurgery, July 2023, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  25. Low Radiation Protocol for Intraoperative Robotic C-Arm Can Enhance Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Deformity Correction Accuracy and Safety

    Article • Global Spine Journal, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Jordy Schol

  26. Harmonization and standardization of nucleus pulposus cell extraction and culture methods

    Article • JOR Spine, January 2023, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  27. Comprehensive Narrative Review on the Analysis of Outcomes from Cell Transplantation Clinical Trials for Discogenic Low Back Pain

    Article • North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ), December 2022, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  28. Homing of vertebral‐delivered mesenchymal stromal cells for degenerative intervertebral discs repair – an in vivo proof‐of‐concept study

    Article • JOR Spine, November 2022, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  29. N ‐acetylcysteine attenuates oxidative stress‐mediated cell viability loss induced by dimethyl sulfoxide in cryopreservation of human nucleus pulposus cells: A potential solution for mass production

    Article • JOR Spine, October 2022, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  30. Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of Intradiscal Condoliase Injection Therapy for Lumbar Disc Herniation

    Article • Medicina, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  31. Predictive Factors for Successful Treatment of Deep Incisional Surgical Site Infections following Instrumented Spinal Surgeries: Retrospective Review of 1832 Cases

    Article • Diagnostics, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  32. Clinical Development of Regenerative Medicine Targeted for Intervertebral Disc Disease

    Article • Medicina, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  33. Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration in rabbit models‐An initiative of the ORS spine section

    Article • JOR Spine, June 2021, Wiley

    Jordy Schol, James Iatridis

  34. Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration in rat models: An initiative of the ORS spine section

    Article • JOR Spine, May 2021, Wiley

    Jordy Schol, James Iatridis

  35. Effect of Whole Tissue Culture and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Maintenance of Tie2 Molecule Expression in Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  36. Screening for Growth-Factor Combinations Enabling Synergistic Differentiation of Human MSC to Nucleus Pulposus Cell-Like Cells

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  37. Optimization of Spheroid Colony Culture and Cryopreservation of Nucleus Pulposus Cells for the Development of Intervertebral Disc Regenerative Therapeutics

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Jordy Schol

  38. Simultaneous translation on two rods improves the correction and apex translocation in adolescent patients with hypokyphotic scoliosis

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, April 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Jordy Schol

  39. Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome with scoliosis treated with single-stage posterior spinal fusion: illustrative case

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons, March 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Jordy Schol

  40. Cobalt-chromium versus titanium alloy rods for correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis based on 1-year follow-up: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, March 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Jordy Schol

  41. Wnt3a and wnt5a as Potential Chondrogenic Stimulators for Nucleus Pulposus Cell Induction: A Comprehensive Review

    Article • Neurospine, March 2020, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Jordy Schol

  42. FACS is more potent to fish IVD progenitor cells than magnetic and bead-based methods

    Article • Tissue Engineering Part C Methods, June 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Jordy Schol

  43. Annulus Fibrosus Cell Sheets Limit Disc Degeneration in a Rat Annulus Fibrosus Injury Model

    Article • JOR Spine, May 2019, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  44. Minimal Sustainability of Dedifferentiation Effected by ROCK Inhibitor on Nucleus Pulposus Cells In Vitro

    Article • Spine Surgery and Related Research, January 2019, Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research

    Jordy Schol

  45. Summary of​ clinical trials investigating cell transplantation for intervertebral disc repair

    Article • International Orthopaedics, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jordy Schol

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

    Article • JOR Spine, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sibylle Grad, Jordy Schol

  47. Discogenic cell transplantation directly from a cryopreserved state in an induced intervertebral disc degeneration canine model

    Article • JOR Spine, May 2018, Wiley

    Jordy Schol

  48. Corrigendum to ‘Regenerative technologies to bed side: Evolving the regulatory’ [J Orthop Translat 9 (2017) 1–7]

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, January 2018, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  49. Cell therapy for intervertebral disc repair: Clinical perspective

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, April 2017, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  50. Regenerative technologies to bed side: Evolving the regulatory framework

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, April 2017, Elsevier

    Jordy Schol

  51. Sciatic nerve regeneration by transplantation of in vitro differentiated nucleus pulposus progenitor cells

    Article • Regenerative Medicine, April 2017, Future Medicine

    Jordy Schol

  52. Biological Approaches to Spinal Disc Repair and Regeneration for Clinicians

    Article • January 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Jordy Schol