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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2020

ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2020: Beyond microstructure-circumferential specialization within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus extends to collagen nanostructure, with counterintuitive relationships to macroscale material properties.

Tyler W Herod, Samuel P Veres

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Article 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, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tyler W HerodSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Samuel P VeresSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. sam.veres@smu.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6308-4836
Dalhousie University · CA

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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2014-04967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine whether the annulus of lumbar intervertebral discs contains circumferential specialization in collagen nanostructure and assess whether this coincides with functional differences in macroscale material properties.

methodsAnterior and posterior disc wall samples were prepared from 38 mature ovine lumbar segments. Regional differences in molecular thermal stability and intermolecular network integrity of the annulus' tension-bearing collagen fibres were examined with hydrothermal isometric tension (HIT) analysis, with and without preceding NaBH

resultsHIT showed that tension-bearing collagen fibres of the posterior annulus were composed of collagen molecules with significantly greater thermal stability and intermolecular network integrity than those of the anterior annulus. NaBH

conclusionSpecializations in collagen nanostructure exist between different circumferential regions of the annulus and coincide with significant differences in material properties. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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CollagenIntervertebral DiscNanostructuresAnimalsAwards and PrizesHumansLumbar VertebraeSheepCollagenCollagen nanostructureFailure morphologyIntervertebral disc annulusMechanical propertiesMicroscopyStructure–function

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