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The effect of novel nitrogen-rich plasma polymer coatings on the phenotypic profile of notochordal cells

BACKGROUND: The loss of the notochordal cells from the nucleus pulposus is associated with ageing and disc degeneration. However, understanding the mechanisms responsible for the loss of these cells has been hampered in part due to the difficulty of culturing and maintaining their phenotype. Further...

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Autores principales: Mwale, Fackson, Wang, Hong Tian, Petit, Alain, Girard-Lauriault, Pierre-Luc, Hunter, Christopher J, Ouellet, Jean A, Wertheimer, Michael R, Antoniou, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2018722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17822560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-6-33