Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Stress Increases the Growth Rate and Collagen Synthesis of Nucleus Pulposus Cells In Vitro

Matsumoto, Takuji; Kawakami, Mamoru; Kuribayashi, Koichi; Takenaka, Toru; Tamaki, Tetsuya

doi:10.1097/00007632-199902150-00002

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Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Stress Increases the Growth Rate and Collagen Synthesis of Nucleus Pulposus Cells In Vitro

Published in Spine • Feb 1, 1999

Authors:

Takuji Matsumoto

Mamoru Kawakami

Koichi Kuribayashi

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: A rabbit model designed to investigate the effects of applied cyclic tensile stress on the cell division rate and the collagen synthesis in the rabbit nucleus pulposus cells in vitro. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of mechanical stress on nucleus pulposus cells, thus adding to the ...

Subject

Nucleus

Intervertebral disc

Intervertebral disk

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