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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Are animal models useful for studying human disc disorders/degeneration?
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Eur Spine J
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2007
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2.82
|
|
2
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Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging.
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Cancer
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2009
|
2.54
|
|
3
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Portal uptake function in veno-occlusive regions evaluated by real-time fluorescent imaging using indocyanine green.
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J Hepatol
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2012
|
2.27
|
|
4
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Association between crystals and cartilage degeneration in the ankle.
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J Rheumatol
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2008
|
2.15
|
|
5
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The origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus and histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal nucleus pulposus to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus in intact rabbit intervertebral discs.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2003
|
1.91
|
|
6
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Tensile mechanical properties of bovine articular cartilage: variations with growth and relationships to collagen network components.
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J Orthop Res
|
2003
|
1.87
|
|
7
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Targeted disruption of TGF-beta/Smad3 signaling modulates skin fibrosis in a mouse model of scleroderma.
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Am J Pathol
|
2004
|
1.77
|
|
8
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Mechanistic background and clinical applications of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Ann Surg Oncol
|
2013
|
1.76
|
|
9
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Osteogenic protein-1 enhances matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells previously exposed to interleukin-1.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2002
|
1.72
|
|
10
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Intradiscal administration of osteogenic protein-1 increases intervertebral disc height and proteoglycan content in the nucleus pulposus in normal adolescent rabbits.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2005
|
1.68
|
|
11
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Effects of growth differentiation factor-5 on the intervertebral disc--in vitro bovine study and in vivo rabbit disc degeneration model study.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2006
|
1.62
|
|
12
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Quantitative ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI of human cortical bone: correlation with porosity and biomechanical properties.
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J Bone Miner Res
|
2012
|
1.53
|
|
13
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Mechanisms of cartilage growth: modulation of balance between proteoglycan and collagen in vitro using chondroitinase ABC.
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Arthritis Rheum
|
2007
|
1.52
|
|
14
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Changes in mRNA and protein levels of proteoglycans of the anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus during intervertebral disc degeneration.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2002
|
1.42
|
|
15
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Proinflammatory cytokines stimulate the expression of nerve growth factor by human intervertebral disc cells.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
1.39
|
|
16
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Development and characterization of a fusion protein between thermally responsive elastin-like polypeptide and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: sustained release of a local antiinflammatory therapeutic.
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Arthritis Rheum
|
2007
|
1.38
|
|
17
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Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc.
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Nat Commun
|
2012
|
1.36
|
|
18
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Intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography using indocyanine green: a biliary road map for safe surgery.
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J Am Coll Surg
|
2008
|
1.34
|
|
19
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Growth of immature articular cartilage in vitro: correlated variation in tensile biomechanical and collagen network properties.
|
Tissue Eng
|
2003
|
1.31
|
|
20
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Ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging with bi-component analysis: bound and free water evaluation of bovine cortical bone subject to sequential drying.
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Bone
|
2011
|
1.22
|
|
21
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Biological repair of intervertebral disc.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2003
|
1.21
|
|
22
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Animal models for human disc degeneration.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
1.20
|
|
23
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Age-related changes in the extracellular matrix of nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus of human intervertebral disc.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2009
|
1.19
|
|
24
|
Articular cartilage mechanical and biochemical property relations before and after in vitro growth.
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J Biomech
|
2007
|
1.16
|
|
25
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Aggrecanases and aggrecanase-generated fragments in the human intervertebral disc at early and advanced stages of disc degeneration.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
1.15
|
|
26
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A systems biology approach to synovial joint lubrication in health, injury, and disease.
|
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med
|
2011
|
1.12
|
|
27
|
Nerve fiber ingrowth into scar tissue formed following nucleus pulposus extrusion in the rabbit anular-puncture disc degeneration model: effects of depth of puncture.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2006
|
1.11
|
|
28
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Restoration of disc height loss by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injection into intervertebral discs undergoing degeneration induced by an intradiscal injection of chondroitinase ABC.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
1.10
|
|
29
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Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) stimulates the extracellular matrix metabolism of porcine nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells cultured in alginate beads.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
30
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Osteogenic protein-1 is most effective in stimulating nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells to repair their matrix after chondroitinase ABC-induced in vitro chemonucleolysis.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
1.07
|
|
31
|
Relevance of in vitro and in vivo models for intervertebral disc degeneration.
|
J Bone Joint Surg Am
|
2006
|
1.07
|
|
32
|
Effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma-releasate on intervertebral disc degeneration in the rabbit anular puncture model: a preclinical study.
|
Arthritis Res Ther
|
2012
|
1.05
|
|
33
|
Intradiscal injections of osteogenic protein-1 restore the viscoelastic properties of degenerated intervertebral discs.
|
Spine J
|
2006
|
1.03
|
|
34
|
The efficacy of Link N as a mediator of repair in a rabbit model of intervertebral disc degeneration.
|
Arthritis Res Ther
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
35
|
Morphology of the cartilaginous endplates in human intervertebral disks with ultrashort echo time MR imaging.
|
Radiology
|
2012
|
1.01
|
|
36
|
The effects of age, sex, ethnicity, and spinal level on the rate of intervertebral disc degeneration: a review of 1712 intervertebral discs.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2011
|
1.00
|
|
37
|
A novel patient-derived intra-femoral xenograft model of bone metastatic prostate cancer that recapitulates mixed osteolytic and osteoblastic lesions.
|
J Transl Med
|
2011
|
1.00
|
|
38
|
New treatments and imaging strategies in degenerative disease of the intervertebral disks.
|
Radiology
|
2012
|
0.99
|
|
39
|
Insulin-like growth factor-I and growth differentiation factor-5 promote the formation of tissue-engineered human nasal septal cartilage.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2010
|
0.98
|
|
40
|
Effect of small interference RNA (siRNA) for ADAMTS5 on intervertebral disc degeneration in the rabbit anular needle-puncture model.
|
Arthritis Res Ther
|
2009
|
0.98
|
|
41
|
Regulation of immature cartilage growth by IGF-I, TGF-beta1, BMP-7, and PDGF-AB: role of metabolic balance between fixed charge and collagen network.
|
Biomech Model Mechanobiol
|
2007
|
0.97
|
|
42
|
A cartilage growth mixture model with collagen remodeling: validation protocols.
|
J Biomech Eng
|
2008
|
0.96
|
|
43
|
Growth factor osteogenic protein-1: differing effects on cells from three distinct zones in the bovine intervertebral disc.
|
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
44
|
Articular cartilage tensile integrity: modulation by matrix depletion is maturation-dependent.
|
Arch Biochem Biophys
|
2008
|
0.96
|
|
45
|
Structural and biochemical evaluation of the elbow capsule after trauma.
|
J Shoulder Elbow Surg
|
2007
|
0.95
|
|
46
|
The in vivo performance of osteochondral allografts in the goat is diminished with extended storage and decreased cartilage cellularity.
|
Am J Sports Med
|
2012
|
0.95
|
|
47
|
Human septal chondrocyte redifferentiation in alginate, polyglycolic acid scaffold, and monolayer culture.
|
Laryngoscope
|
2003
|
0.95
|
|
48
|
Characterization of human nasal septal chondrocytes cultured in alginate.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2005
|
0.94
|
|
49
|
Relationship between knee and ankle degeneration in a population of organ donors.
|
BMC Med
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
50
|
Short-term retention of labeled chondrocyte subpopulations in stratified tissue-engineered cartilaginous constructs implanted in vivo in mini-pigs.
|
Tissue Eng
|
2007
|
0.93
|
|
51
|
Tissue-engineered human nasal septal cartilage using the alginate-recovered-chondrocyte method.
|
Laryngoscope
|
2004
|
0.92
|
|
52
|
Hepatobiliary surgery guided by a novel fluorescent imaging technique for visualizing hepatic arteries, bile ducts, and liver cancers on color images.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2011
|
0.92
|
|
53
|
Expansion and redifferentiation of chondrocytes from osteoarthritic cartilage: cells for human cartilage tissue engineering.
|
Tissue Eng Part A
|
2009
|
0.92
|
|
54
|
Emerging technologies for molecular therapy for intervertebral disk degeneration.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2011
|
0.92
|
|
55
|
Indocyanine green fluorescent imaging for detecting extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
|
J Gastroenterol
|
2012
|
0.91
|
|
56
|
Recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 upregulates proteoglycan metabolism of human anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
0.91
|
|
57
|
Anti-adhesion properties of a thrombin-based hemostatic gelatin in a canine laminectomy model: a biomechanical, biochemical, and histologic study.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2006
|
0.91
|
|
58
|
Differential regulation of immature articular cartilage compressive moduli and Poisson's ratios by in vitro stimulation with IGF-1 and TGF-beta1.
|
J Biomech
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
59
|
Shape, loading, and motion in the bioengineering design, fabrication, and testing of personalized synovial joints.
|
J Biomech
|
2009
|
0.90
|
|
60
|
Axonal growth potential of lumbar dorsal root ganglion neurons in an organ culture system: response of nerve growth factor-sensitive neurons to neuronal injury and an inflammatory cytokine.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
61
|
Tailoring secretion of proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) in tissue-engineered cartilage.
|
Tissue Eng
|
2006
|
0.87
|
|
62
|
Three-dimensional alginate spheroid culture system of murine osteosarcoma.
|
Oncol Rep
|
2009
|
0.85
|
|
63
|
Prevalence of facet joint degeneration in association with intervertebral joint degeneration in a sample of organ donors.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2011
|
0.85
|
|
64
|
Effect of osteogenic protein-1 on the matrix metabolism of bovine tendon cells.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2008
|
0.85
|
|
65
|
Shaped, stratified, scaffold-free grafts for articular cartilage defects.
|
Clin Orthop Relat Res
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
66
|
In vivo maturation of scaffold-free engineered articular cartilage on hydroxyapatite.
|
Tissue Eng Part A
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
67
|
Mesenchymal stem cells reduce intervertebral disc fibrosis and facilitate repair.
|
Stem Cells
|
2014
|
0.83
|
|
68
|
Intervertebral disc degeneration: biological and biomechanical factors.
|
J Orthop Sci
|
2006
|
0.83
|
|
69
|
Tracking chondrocytes and assessing their proliferation with PKH26: effects on secretion of proteoglycan 4 (PRG4).
|
J Orthop Res
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
70
|
Transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery using endostaplers for adult unilateral diaphragmatic eventration.
|
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
71
|
Indocyanine green reinjection technique for use in fluorescent angiography concomitant with cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
|
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
72
|
Differential effects of fibronectin fragment on proteoglycan metabolism by intervertebral disc cells: a comparison with articular chondrocytes.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
73
|
Intervertebral disc health preservation after six months of spinal growth modulation.
|
J Bone Joint Surg Am
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
74
|
Comparison of cellular response in bovine intervertebral disc cells and articular chondrocytes: effects .of lipopolysaccharide on proteoglycan metabolism.
|
Cell Tissue Res
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
75
|
Fluid movement and joint capsule strains due to flexion in rabbit knees.
|
J Biomech
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
76
|
Tissue engineering by molecular disassembly and reassembly: biomimetic retention of mechanically functional aggrecan in hydrogel.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
77
|
The expression of NG2 proteoglycan in the human intervertebral disc.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
78
|
Biomechanical properties of mixtures of blood and synovial fluid.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
79
|
In Vitro Calcification of Immature Bovine Articular Cartilage: Formation of a Functional Zone of Calcified Cartilage.
|
Cartilage
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
80
|
The biophysical mechanisms of altered hyaluronan concentration in synovial fluid after anterior cruciate ligament transection.
|
Arthritis Rheum
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
81
|
ISSLS prize winner: Adaptations to the multifidus muscle in response to experimentally induced intervertebral disc degeneration.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
82
|
Microstructural analysis of three-dimensional canal network in the rabbit lumbar vertebral endplate.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
83
|
Biologic repair and regeneration of the intervertebral disk.
|
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
|
2011
|
0.78
|
|
84
|
Anular delamination strength of human lumbar intervertebral disc.
|
Eur Spine J
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
85
|
Age-related differences in the accumulation and size of hyaluronan in alginate culture.
|
Arch Biochem Biophys
|
2002
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
Exposure to pulsed low intensity ultrasound stimulates extracellular matrix metabolism of bovine intervertebral disc cells cultured in alginate beads.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2005
|
0.78
|
|
87
|
Joint biomarkers in idiopathic femoral head osteonecrosis: comparison with hip osteoarthritis.
|
J Rheumatol
|
2005
|
0.78
|
|
88
|
Micro-computed tomography-based three-dimensional kinematic analysis during lateral bending for spinal fusion assessment in a rat posterolateral lumbar fusion model.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2014
|
0.78
|
|
89
|
Effect of oxygen tension on tissue-engineered human nasal septal chondrocytes.
|
Allergy Rhinol (Providence)
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
90
|
Implant design affects markers of bone resorption and formation in total hip replacement.
|
J Bone Miner Res
|
2002
|
0.77
|
|
91
|
A compositional analysis of cadaveric human nasal septal cartilage.
|
Laryngoscope
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
92
|
Matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells after chemonucleolysis in vitro with chondroitinase ABC and chymopapain.
|
Spine J
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
93
|
Effect of risedronate in a minipig cartilage defect model with allograft.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
94
|
In vivo oxygen tension in human septal cartilage increases with age.
|
Laryngoscope
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
95
|
Structural and functional maturation of distal femoral cartilage and bone during postnatal development and growth in humans and mice.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
96
|
Flexural properties of native and tissue-engineered human septal cartilage.
|
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
97
|
Shape fidelity of native and engineered human nasal septal cartilage.
|
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
98
|
Tracking chondrocytes and assessing their proliferation with carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester: effects on cell functions.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
99
|
Culture of human septal chondrocytes in a rotary bioreactor.
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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
100
|
Expression of proteinase-activated receptor-2 in the intervertebral disc.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
101
|
Characterization of lesions of the talus and description of tram-track lesions.
|
Foot Ankle Int
|
2006
|
0.75
|