TY - CHAP
T1 - Glucose transporters in the intervertebral disc
AU - Mobasheri, Ali
AU - Bondy, Carolyn A.
AU - Moley, Kelle
AU - Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira
AU - Rosa, Susana Carvalho
AU - Richardson, Stephen M.
AU - Hoyland, Judith A.
AU - Barrett-Jolley, Richard
AU - Shakibaei, Mehdi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The intervertebral disc is a cartilaginous structure that resembles articular cartilage in its biochemistry and cell biology, but morphologically it is clearly different (Roberts 2002; Urban and Roberts 2003). The disc shows degenerative and ageing changes earlier than any other connective tissue in the human body (Urban and Roberts 2003). The maintenance of the ECM in the NP of the adult human disc is dependent on the functional integrity of the cartilage end plate cells (Pritzker 1977). Cartilage end plate senescence is followed by compensatory cartilaginous metaplasia of annulus fibrosus cells. It has been proposed that intervertebral disc narrowing and collapse are related to metabolic failure of matrix production by end plate and annulus fibrosus cells (Pritzker 1977).
AB - The intervertebral disc is a cartilaginous structure that resembles articular cartilage in its biochemistry and cell biology, but morphologically it is clearly different (Roberts 2002; Urban and Roberts 2003). The disc shows degenerative and ageing changes earlier than any other connective tissue in the human body (Urban and Roberts 2003). The maintenance of the ECM in the NP of the adult human disc is dependent on the functional integrity of the cartilage end plate cells (Pritzker 1977). Cartilage end plate senescence is followed by compensatory cartilaginous metaplasia of annulus fibrosus cells. It has been proposed that intervertebral disc narrowing and collapse are related to metabolic failure of matrix production by end plate and annulus fibrosus cells (Pritzker 1977).
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-78899-7_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-78899-7_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:51049093215
SN - 9783540788980
T3 - Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology
SP - 53
EP - 57
BT - Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes
A2 - Mobasheri, Ali
A2 - Bondy, Carolyn
A2 - Moley, Kelle
A2 - Ferreira Mendes, Alexandrina
A2 - Carvalho Rosa, Susana
A2 - Richardson, Stephen
A2 - Hoyland, Judith
A2 - Barrett-Jolley, Richard
A2 - Shakibaei, Mehdi
ER -