Metabolism of the Extracellular Matrix Formed by Intervertebral Disc Cells Cultured in Alginate

Fluorometric assay of DNA in cartilage explants using Hoechst 33258

1988 • 1,363 citations

Aging and Degeneration of the Human Intervertebral Disc

1995 • 1,263 citations

Differential staining of acid glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides) by Alcian blue in salt solutions

1965 • 1,065 citations

Quantitation of hydroxypyridinium crosslinks in collagen by high-performance liquid chromatography

1984 • 666 citations

Hyaluronan‐binding proteins in development, tissue homeostasis, and disease

1993 • 656 citations

Phenotypic stability of bovine articular chondrocytes after long-term culture in alginate beads

1994 • 539 citations

Human intervertebral disc: Structure and function

1988 • 537 citations

The Lumbar Spine An Orthopaedic Challenge

1976 • 521 citations

Culture and Growth Characteristics of Chondrocytes Encapsulated in Alginate Beads

1989 • 514 citations

Stimulation of Mature Canine Intervertebral Disc by Growth Factors

1991 • 408 citations

Biochemistry of the Intervertebral Disc

1979 • 386 citations

Differences between sub-populations of cultured bovine articular chondrocytes. I. Morphology and cartilage matrix production

1988 • 366 citations

Synthesis and Turnover of Proteoglycans by Human and Bovine Adult Articular Chondrocytes Cultured in Alginate Beads

1992 • 359 citations

A collagen-binding 59-kd protein (fibromodulin) is structurally related to the small interstitial proteoglycans PG-S1 and PG-S2 (decorin).

1989 • 295 citations

Synthesis of cartilage matrix by mammalian chondrocytes in vitro. I. Isolation, culture characteristics, and morphology.

1982 • 288 citations

Degeneration and the chemical composition of the human lumbar intervertebral disc

1987 • 281 citations

Microdetermination of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans in the presence of guanidine hydrochloride

1987 • 262 citations

Adult human chondrocytes cultured in alginate form a matrix similar to native human articular cartilage

1996 • 233 citations

Initial characterization of the metabolism of intervertebral disc cells encapsulated in microspheres

1992 • 215 citations

Identification of heterogeneous cell populations in normal human intervertebral disc.

1995 • 181 citations

Identifying Patients at Risk of Becoming Disabled Because of Low-Back Pain

1991 • 178 citations

The Large Proteoglycans of the Human Intervertebral Disc

1995 • 169 citations

Aggrecan synthesized by mature bovine chondrocytes suspended in alginate. Identification of two distinct metabolic matrix pools

1994 • 160 citations

The use of coccygeal discs to study intervertebral disc metabolism

1993 • 140 citations

Role of anchorin CII, a 31,000-mol-wt membrane protein, in the interaction of chondrocytes with type II collagen.

1984 • 138 citations

Characterization of Crosslinked Collagens Synthesized by Mature Articular Chondrocytes Cultured in Alginate Beads: Comparison of Two Distinct Matrix Compartments

1996 • 134 citations

1988 Volvo Award in Basic Science: Proteoglycan Synthesis in the Human Intervertebral Disc

1988 • 132 citations

Histological changes in aging lumbar intervertebral discs. Their role in protrusions and prolapses.

1990 • 129 citations

Quantification of 35S-Labeled Proteoglycans Complexed to Alcian Blue by Rapid Filtration in Multiwell Plates

1994 • 129 citations

The chemical morphology of age-related changes in human intervertebral disc glycosaminoglycans from cervical, thoracic and lumbar nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus.

1994 • 109 citations

The Role of lnterleukin-1 on Proteoglycan Metabolism of Rabbit Annulus Fibrosus Cells Cultured In Vitro

1988 • 89 citations

Accumlation of Hyaluronate in Human Lung Carcinoma As Measured by A new Hyaluronate Elisa

1989 • 54 citations

Determination of hydroxyproline in tissue collagen hydrolysate by derivatization and isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

1987 • 34 citations

Lymphocyte subpopulations in rheumatic heart disease.

1987 • 21 citations

Recent Advances in the Treatment of Ruptured Lumbar Intervertebral Disks

1985 • 5 citations