Intervertebral disc cells as competent phagocytes in vitro: implications for cell death in disc degeneration

INTRODUCTION: Apoptosis has been reported to occur in the intervertebral disc. Elsewhere in the body, apoptotic cells are cleared from the system via phagocytosis by committed phagocytes such as macrophages, reducing the chance of subsequent inflammation. These cells, however, are not normally prese...

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Autores principales: Jones, Philip, Gardner, Lucy, Menage, Janis, Williams, Gwyn T, Roberts, Sally
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18673547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2466

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18673547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2466

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