APOE-knockout in rabbits causes loss of cells in nucleus pulposus and enhances the levels of inflammatory catabolic cytokines damaging the intervertebral disc matrix

• Anja Beierfuß,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Monika Hunjadi,

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

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

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• Andreas Ritsch,

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

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

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• Christian Kremser,

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

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6953-935X

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• Claudius Thomé,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, 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, 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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