Regenerative and Immunogenic Characteristics of Cultured Nucleus Pulposus Cells from Human Cervical Intervertebral Discs

• Stefan Stich,

  Affiliation Tissue Engineering Laboratory and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Meaghan Stolk,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Pierre Pascal Girod,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Claudius Thomé,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Michael Sittinger,

  Affiliation Tissue Engineering Laboratory and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Jochen Ringe,

  Affiliation Tissue Engineering Laboratory and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Martina Seifert ,

  ¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Aldemar Andres Hegewald

  * E-mail: aldemar.hegewald@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

  ¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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