Abstract
Chronic low back pain is often caused by intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. Preceding this degenerative process, the main cellular phenotype in the nucleus pulposus shifts from notochordal cells (NCs) to nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs). In previous studies, porcine NC-derived matrix (NCM), containing NC-secreted factors, induced matrix anabolic effects and inhibited
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