Intervertebral disc degeneration—Current therapeutic options and challenges

A Samanta, T Lufkin, P Kraus - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) is a normal part of aging. Due to the spine's
declining function and the development of pain, it may affect one's physical health, mental …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for senescence-associated secretory phenotype in the intervertebral disc degeneration microenvironment

Y Liu, Y Dou, X Sun, Q Yang - Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2024 - Elsevier
As a permanent state of cell cycle arrest, cellular senescence has become an important
factor in aging and age-related diseases. As a central regulator of physiology and pathology …

Intervertebral disc cell fate during aging and degeneration: apoptosis, senescence, and autophagy

T Yurube, Y Takeoka, Y Kanda, R Kuroda… - North American Spine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Degenerative disc disease, a major cause of low back pain and associated
neurological symptoms, is a global health problem with the high morbidity, workforce loss …

[HTML][HTML] Physalin A alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration via anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects

R Lu, H Xu, X Deng, Y Wang, Z He, S Xu… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The incidence of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a common
degenerative disease with inflammation, decreased autophagy, and progression of fibrosis …

Screening of miR-15a-5p as a potential biomarker for intervertebral disc degeneration through RNA-sequencing

Y Li, C Kong, W Wang, F Hu, X Chen, B Xu… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent clinical condition that imposes substantial economic
burdens on society. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is recognized as a major …

[HTML][HTML] Sirt1 protects against intervertebral disc degeneration induced by 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D insufficiency in mice by inhibiting the NF-κB inflammatory pathway

P Wang, C Yang, J Lu, Y Ren, D Goltzman… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background It has been demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an
increased risk of patients developing lumbar disc herniation. However, intervertebral disc …

Chemonucleolysis combined with dynamic loading for inducing degeneration in bovine caudal intervertebral discs

A Vernengo, H Bumann, N Kluser… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Chemonucleolysis has become an established method of producing whole organ culture
models of intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. However, the field needs more side-by …

Involvement of DJ-1 in the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration via hexokinase 2-mediated mitophagy

J Lin, L Wang, Y Wu, Q Xiang, Y Zhao… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is an important pathological basis for degenerative
spinal diseases and is involved in mitophagy dysfunction. However, the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] A multifunctional scaffold that promotes the scaffold-tissue interface integration and rescues the ROS microenvironment for repair of annulus fibrosus defects

R Zhao, F Han, Q Yu, Z Zhu, Z Tu, T Xia, B Li - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the limited self-repair ability of the annulus fibrosus (AF), current tissue engineering
strategies tend to use structurally biomimetic scaffolds for AF defect repair. However, the …

Restoration of lysosomal function attenuates autophagic flux impairment in nucleus pulposus cells and protects against mechanical overloading-induced intervertebral …

S Liu, Y Hu, W Xu, W Liu, B Wang, X Zeng, Z Shao… - Autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a leading cause of low back pain that incurs large
socioeconomic burdens. Growing evidence reveals that macroautophagy/autophagy …