Painful intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation: from laboratory evidence to clinical interventions

FJ Lyu, H Cui, H Pan, K Mc Cheung, X Cao, JC Iatridis… - Bone research, 2021 - nature.com
Low back pain (LBP), as a leading cause of disability, is a common musculoskeletal disorder
that results in major social and economic burdens. Recent research has identified …

Intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis: a common molecular disease spectrum

N Fine, S Lively, CA Séguin, AV Perruccio… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) and osteoarthritis (OA) affecting the facet joint of the
spine are biomechanically interdependent, typically occur in tandem, and have considerable …

Pathobiology of Modic changes

S Dudli, AJ Fields, D Samartzis, J Karppinen… - European Spine …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Low back pain (LBP) is the most disabling condition worldwide. Although LBP
relates to different spinal pathologies, vertebral bone marrow lesions visualized as Modic …

[HTML][HTML] Disc in flames: roles of TNF-α and IL-1β in intervertebral disc degeneration

ZI Johnson, ZR Schoepflin, H Choi… - European cells & …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The intervertebral disc is an important mechanical structure that allows range of motion of
the spinal column. Degeneration of the intervertebral disc, incited by aging, traumatic insult …

Cellular senescence in intervertebral disc aging and degeneration: molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic opportunities

P Silwal, AM Nguyen-Thai, HA Mohammad, Y Wang… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Closely associated with aging and age-related disorders, cellular senescence (CS) is the
inability of cells to proliferate due to accumulated unrepaired cellular damage and …

Sirtuins and intervertebral disc degeneration: roles in inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial function

GZ Zhang, YJ Deng, QQ Xie, EH Ren, ZJ Ma, XG He… - Clinica chimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is one of the main causes of low back pain, which
seriously reduces the quality of life of patients and places a heavy economic burden on their …

Sensory Neuron TLR4 mediates the development of nerve-injury induced mechanical hypersensitivity in female mice

TA Szabo-Pardi, LR Barron, ME Lenert… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have brought to light the necessity to discern sex-specific differences in
various pain states and different cell-types that mediate these differences. These studies …

Targeting toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4)—an emerging therapeutic target for persistent pain states

K Bruno, SA Woller, YI Miller, TL Yaksh, M Wallace… - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of pattern recognition receptors that initiate signaling
in innate and adaptive immune pathways. The highly conserved family of transmembrane …

Interleukin-1β in intervertebral disk degeneration

W Yang, XH Yu, C Wang, WS He, SJ Zhang, YG Yan… - Clinica Chimica …, 2015 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) is the most common diagnosis in patients with low
back pain, a main cause of musculoskeletal disability in the world. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) β is …

Multiscale regulation of the intervertebral disc: achievements in experimental, in silico, and regenerative research

L Baumgartner, K Wuertz-Kozak, CL Le Maitre… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a major risk factor of low back pain. It is defined by a
progressive loss of the IVD structure and functionality, leading to severe impairments with …