Electron microscopic observation of established chondrocytes derived from human intervertebral disc hernia (KTN-1) and role of macrophages in spontaneous regression of degenerated tissues.
AuthorsTsuru M, Nagata K, Ueno T, Jimi A, Irie K, Yamada A, Nishida T, Sata M,
JournalSpine J
PubMed ID14588300
'Biological and pathological cell processes during the degeneration of intervertebral discs are as yet poorly understood. An electron microscope was used to observe disc hernia degeneration at the cellular level as expressed in extruded tissue from a human intervertebral disc and in cultured chondrocytes. The mechanism of spontaneous regression was ... More