Knockout of Apolipoprotein E in rabbit promotes premature intervertebral disc degeneration: A new in vivo model for therapeutic approaches of spinal disc disorders

• Anja Beierfuß,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Laboratory Animal Facility, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Hermann Dietrich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Laboratory Animal Facility, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Christian Kremser,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Monika Hunjadi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Andreas Ritsch,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Thomas Rülicke,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, Vienna, Austria

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• Claudius Thomé,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Demissew Shenegelegn Mern

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: demissew.shenegelegn@i-med.ac.at

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5893-981X

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