ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2014
Biochemical composition and turnover of the extracellular matrix of the normal and degenerate intervertebral disc.
Review in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Influence of the Intervertebral Disc Microenvironment on Matrix Synthesis and Metabolism in Goat Nucleus Pulposus Cells.JOR spine · 2026Article
- Unraveling the causal landscape of intervertebral disc degeneration: A Mendelian randomization analysis of 108 traits.Medicine · 2025Article
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- Influence of disc height and strain-dependent solute diffusivity on metabolic transport in patient-personalized intervertebral disc models.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- pH: A major player in degenerative intervertebral disks.JOR spine · 2024Review
- In silico modeling the potential clinical effect of growth factor treatment on the metabolism of human nucleus pulposus cells.JOR spine · 2024Article
- Collagen integrity of the annulus fibrosus in degenerative disc disease individuals quantified with collagen hybridizing peptide.JOR spine · 2024Article
- Shared and Compartment-Specific Processes in Nucleus Pulposus and Annulus Fibrosus During Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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- Non-enzymatic glycation reduces glucose transport in the human cartilage endplate independently of matrix porosity or proteoglycan content.JOR spine · 2024Article
- Roles of Chemokines in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- The JNK signaling pathway in intervertebral disc degeneration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
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- Pro‑differentiating compounds for human intervertebral disc cells are present in Violina pumpkin leaf extracts.International journal of molecular medicine · 2023Article
- Anemonin reduces hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress, inflammation and extracellular matrix degradation in nucleus pulposus cells by regulating NOX4/NF-κB signaling pathway.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe intervertebral disc (IVD) is a complex cartilaginous structure which functions to resist biomechanical loads during spinal movement. It consists of the highly viscous cartilaginous nucleus pulposus, which is surrounded laterally by a thick outer ring of fibrous cartilage-the annulus fibrosus-and sandwiched inferiorly and superiorly by the cartilage end-plates. The main extracellular matrix molecules of the disc are collagens, proteoglycans, glycoproteins and elastin. The disc also contains appreciable amounts of water, matrix-degrading protease enzymes and their inhibitors, soluble signalling molecules and various metabolic breakdown products.
methodsThis review provides a comprehensive description of the biochemical composition of the extracellular matrix of the IVD and, specifically, the proteases involved in its molecular turnover. Quantitation of the turnover rates using racemization of aspartic acid as a molecular clock is also discussed.
conclusionsMolecular turnover rates of the major constituent matrix macromolecules of the IVD are found to be particularly slow, especially in the case of collagen. Over a normal human life span, this slow turnover may compromise the structural integrity of the IVD extracellular matrix essential for normal physiological functioning.
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