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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

Tissue engineering strategies for treating intervertebral disc degeneration.

Guangshuai Nie, Weiyang Liu, Fanjia Zeng, Jia Hu, Zhen Wang, Zhonglian Huang, Hongjiang Chen, Jun Hu, Jiankun Xu

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Platelet-rich plasma and stem cell therapies for spondylosis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.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 · 2026
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  3. Intervertebral disc degeneration.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Guangshuai Nie *Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Weiyang Liu *Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Fanjia ZengDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jia HuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Zhonglian HuangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Hongjiang ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jun HuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jiankun XuMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial and Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is becoming prevalent in clinics, owing primarily to intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). The mechanism of IDD is complex, and its pathophysiology is primarily characterized by a decrease in intervertebral nucleus pulposus cells and an imbalance in the synthesis and degradation of the extracellular matrix of the intervertebral disc (IVD). Grounded in the concept of regenerative repair, IVD engineering has emerged as a significant research focus in spinal surgery. This review systematically examines the relationship between LBP and IDD, describes the physiological characteristics of healthy IVD and the pathological features of IDD (including inflammatory responses and stress stimulation), and provides an overview of current treatment methods and clinical trials. The review focuses on summarizing and evaluating tissue engineering research, particularly the preclinical and clinical findings on the effects of various seed cells, bio-scaffolds, and bioactive factors on IVD, to explore a more comprehensive therapeutic approach. Lastly, the obstacles and opportunities of tissue engineering repair of the IVD are highlighted.

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bioactive factorsbiological scaffoldscell carriersintervertebral discintervertebral disc degenerationlow back painstem cells

Identifiers

PMID40727644
PMCPMC12301387

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