Matrix modification for enhancing the transport properties of the human cartilage endplate to improve disc nutrition

• Aaron Dolor,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Sara L. Sampson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Ann A. Lazar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Jeffrey C. Lotz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Francis C. Szoka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Aaron J. Fields

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

  * E-mail: aaron.fields@ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6460-4506

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