"Nucleus Pulposus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fibrocartilage inner core of the intervertebral disc. Prolapsed or bulged nucleus pulposus leads to INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT while proliferation of cells in the nucleus pulposus is associated with INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION.
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D000070614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.165.308.410.500 A02.835.232.834.432.500 A10.165.382.350.050.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nucleus Pulposus" by people in Profiles.
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Runx2 is required for postnatal intervertebral disc tissue growth and development. J Cell Physiol. 2019 05; 234(5):6679-6687.
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Development of an in vivo mouse model of discogenic low back pain. J Cell Physiol. 2018 10; 233(10):6589-6602.
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Spatial geometric and magnetic resonance signal intensity changes with advancing stages of nucleus pulposus degeneration. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Nov 21; 18(1):473.
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SOX9 directly Regulates CTGF/CCN2 Transcription in Growth Plate Chondrocytes and in Nucleus Pulposus Cells of Intervertebral Disc. Sci Rep. 2016 07 20; 6:29916.
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Intervertebral Disc Cells Produce Interleukins Found in Patients with Back Pain. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 06; 95(6):407-15.
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Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitor Immortalizes Rat Nucleus Pulposus and Annulus Fibrosus Cells: Establishment of Intervertebral Disc Cell Lines With Novel Approaches. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Mar; 41(5):E255-61.