Published in Eur Spine J on May 08, 2014
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ISSLS prize winner: Lumbar vertebral endplate lesions: associations with disc degeneration and back pain history. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2012) 2.39
Mechanical conditions that accelerate intervertebral disc degeneration: overload versus immobilization. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 2.08
Biochemical and structural properties of the cartilage end-plate and its relation to the intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1989) 1.68
ISSLS Prize winner: The anatomy of failure in lumbar disc herniation: an in vivo, multimodal, prospective study of 181 subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 1.63
The cartilage end-plate and intervertebral disc in scoliosis: calcification and other sequelae. J Orthop Res (1993) 1.49
The relationship between apoptosis of endplate chondrocytes and aging and degeneration of the intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2001) 1.29
Vertebral end-plate changes with aging of human vertebrae. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1982) 1.29
The origin and fate of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc tissue. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1996) 1.28
Vertebral endplate architecture and vascularization: application of micro-computerized tomography, a vascular tracer, and immunocytochemistry in analyses of disc degeneration in the aging sand rat. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 1.27
Inverse relation between osteoporosis and spondylosis in postmenopausal women as evaluated by bone mineral density and semiquantitative scoring of spinal degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.26
Lumbar disk herniation: correlation of histologic findings with marrow signal intensity changes in vertebral endplates at MR imaging. Radiology (2004) 1.21
A simple disc degeneration model induced by percutaneous needle puncture in the rat tail. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.16
Relationship between gender, bone mineral density, and disc degeneration in the lumbar spine: a study in elderly subjects using an eight-level MRI-based disc degeneration grading system. Osteoporos Int (2010) 1.10
Compressive properties of the cartilaginous end-plate of the baboon lumbar spine. J Orthop Res (1993) 1.07
Intervertebral disc disorganization is related to trabecular bone architecture in the lumbar spine. J Bone Miner Res (2001) 1.00
Mechanical destabilization induced by controlled annular incision of the intervertebral disc dysregulates metalloproteinase expression and induces disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2012) 0.98
The relationship between degenerative changes and osteoporosis in the lumbar spine. Clin Orthop Relat Res (1996) 0.94
Occurrence and regional distribution of apoptosis in scoliotic discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 0.93
Clinical symptoms in lumbar disc herniations and their correlation to the histological composition of the extruded disc material. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 0.92
Biological and biomechanical effects of fibrin injection into porcine intervertebral discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 0.89
Correlation between bone mineral density and intervertebral disk degeneration in pre- and postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Metab (2003) 0.88
Cervical intervertebral disc degeneration induced by unbalanced dynamic and static forces: a novel in vivo rat model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 0.88
Vertebral endplate and disc changes in the aging sand rat lumbar spine: cross-sectional analyses of a large male and female population. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 0.85
Simulated influence of osteoporosis and disc degeneration on the load transfer in a lumbar functional spinal unit. J Biomech (2004) 0.85
Prolonged upright posture induces calcified hypertrophy in the cartilage end plate in rat lumbar spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 0.83
Relationship between osteopenia and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in ovariectomized rats. Calcif Tissue Int (2004) 0.83
Alendronate retards the progression of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in ovariectomized rats. Bone (2013) 0.82
Prolonged upright posture induces degenerative changes in intervertebral discs of rat cervical spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 0.80
Effects of advanced age on the morphometry and degenerative state of the cervical spine in a rat model. Anat Rec (Hoboken) (2011) 0.80
Bone mineral density of lumbar vertebral end plates in the aging male sand rat spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 0.80
Correlations between effective permeability and marrow contact channels surface of vertebral endplates. J Orthop Res (2010) 0.78
Correlation between osteoporosis and degeneration of intervertebral discs in aging rats. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci (2012) 0.77
Intratumoral balance of regulatory and cytotoxic T cells is associated with prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after resection. J Clin Oncol (2007) 5.28
Selection of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in human reticulocytes using real-time PCR. BMC Mol Biol (2006) 4.96
Serum DKK1 as a protein biomarker for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a large-scale, multicentre study. Lancet Oncol (2012) 4.21
Overexpression of PD-L1 significantly associates with tumor aggressiveness and postoperative recurrence in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res (2009) 3.39
Intergenic variants of HBS1L-MYB are responsible for a major quantitative trait locus on chromosome 6q23 influencing fetal hemoglobin levels in adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 3.10
Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 2.95
Fibroblast growth factor 21 levels are increased in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients and are correlated with hepatic triglyceride. J Hepatol (2010) 2.65
Regulation of ERBB2 by oestrogen receptor-PAX2 determines response to tamoxifen. Nature (2008) 2.51
A decade's studies on metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2003) 2.50
TRPC channels promote cerebellar granule neuron survival. Nat Neurosci (2007) 2.47
Testosterone administration to older men improves muscle function: molecular and physiological mechanisms. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2002) 2.24
Formation of large voids in the amorphous phase-change memory Ge2Sb2Te5 alloy. Phys Rev Lett (2009) 2.06
Voltage-gated sodium channel expression and potentiation of human breast cancer metastasis. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.99
A novel nuclear factor-kappaB gene signature is differentially expressed in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in association with TP53 status. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.96
Association of autophagy defect with a malignant phenotype and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res (2008) 1.85
Circulating stem cell-like epithelial cell adhesion molecule-positive tumor cells indicate poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection. Hepatology (2013) 1.84
A comparison of chemoembolization combination with and without radiotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer J (2004) 1.84
Thermally driven crossover from indirect toward direct bandgap in 2D semiconductors: MoSe2 versus MoS2. Nano Lett (2012) 1.82
Targeting autophagy enhances sorafenib lethality for hepatocellular carcinoma via ER stress-related apoptosis. Autophagy (2011) 1.81
Wnt proteins promote bone regeneration. Sci Transl Med (2010) 1.80
Phosphine-triggered synthesis of functionalized cyclic compounds. Chem Soc Rev (2008) 1.80
Even-skipped, acting as a repressor, regulates axonal projections in Drosophila. Development (2003) 1.77
The HBS1L-MYB intergenic region on chromosome 6q23.3 influences erythrocyte, platelet, and monocyte counts in humans. Blood (2007) 1.73
Predicting solar cycle 24 with a solar dynamo model. Phys Rev Lett (2007) 1.71
A physiologic role for testosterone in limiting estrogenic stimulation of the breast. Menopause (2003) 1.71
DAB2IP coordinates both PI3K-Akt and ASK1 pathways for cell survival and apoptosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.69
A comparison of treatment combinations with and without radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein and/or inferior vena cava tumor thrombus. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2005) 1.66
Genetic variants in human leukocyte antigen/DP-DQ influence both hepatitis B virus clearance and hepatocellular carcinoma development. Hepatology (2012) 1.66
A technique for retrograde intubation in mice. Lab Anim (NY) (2006) 1.65
Consideration of the role of radiotherapy for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 75 patients. Cancer J (2006) 1.65
Beneficial effect of taurine on testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Urology (2007) 1.62
Time-resolved mechanism of extracellular gate opening and substrate binding in a glutamate transporter. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.61
Postoperative interferon alpha treatment postponed recurrence and improved overall survival in patients after curative resection of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomized clinical trial. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2006) 1.60
Curcumin attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat testis. Fertil Steril (2008) 1.57
Role of overexpression of CD151 and/or c-Met in predicting prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2009) 1.56
Liver-intestine cadherin predicts microvascular invasion and poor prognosis of hepatitis B virus-positive hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer (2009) 1.54
Wnt3a reestablishes osteogenic capacity to bone grafts from aged animals. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2013) 1.52
Intratumoral neutrophils: a poor prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma following resection. J Hepatol (2010) 1.50
Functional significance of CD14 promoter polymorphisms and their clinical relevance in a Chinese Han population. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.49
A polycomb group protein, PHF1, is involved in the response to DNA double-strand breaks in human cell. Nucleic Acids Res (2008) 1.47
Serum amyloid A induces G-CSF expression and neutrophilia via Toll-like receptor 2. Blood (2008) 1.46
Defects activated photoluminescence in two-dimensional semiconductors: interplay between bound, charged, and free excitons. Sci Rep (2013) 1.46
Metadherin promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.46
Amino acid supplementation increases lean body mass, basal muscle protein synthesis, and insulin-like growth factor-I expression in older women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2009) 1.45
C3a is required for the production of CXC chemokines by tubular epithelial cells after renal ishemia/reperfusion. J Immunol (2007) 1.45
One-stage anterior interbody autografting and instrumentation in primary surgical management of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis. Eur Spine J (2003) 1.45
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy is associated with the T12338C mutation in mitochondrial ND5 gene in six Han Chinese families. Ophthalmology (2010) 1.44
Birth defects in children conceived by in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a meta-analysis. Fertil Steril (2012) 1.43
Scl represses cardiomyogenesis in prospective hemogenic endothelium and endocardium. Cell (2012) 1.43
Radiation-induced liver fibrosis is mitigated by gene therapy inhibiting transforming growth factor-β signaling in the rat. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 1.43
Effect of rapamycin alone and in combination with sorafenib in an orthotopic model of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 1.40
An X-chromosomal association study identifies a susceptibility locus at Xq22.1 for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol (2013) 1.39
Biomechanical evaluation of cervical intervertebral plug stabilization in an ovine model. Vet Surg (2007) 1.38
CD151 amplifies signaling by integrin α6β1 to PI3K and induces the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in HCC cells. Gastroenterology (2011) 1.37
Clinical features and prognostic factors in patients with bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma receiving external beam radiotherapy. Cancer (2009) 1.37
Functional variants in the promoter region of Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) and susceptibility to schizophrenia. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 1.37
Up-regulation of Krüppel-like factor 8 promotes tumor invasion and indicates poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology (2010) 1.37
The HBS1L-MYB intergenic interval associated with elevated HbF levels shows characteristics of a distal regulatory region in erythroid cells. Blood (2009) 1.36
Phosphorylation of serine 68 of Twist1 by MAPKs stabilizes Twist1 protein and promotes breast cancer cell invasiveness. Cancer Res (2011) 1.36
Development of pyrF-based gene knockout systems for genome-wide manipulation of the archaea Haloferax mediterranei and Haloarcula hispanica. J Genet Genomics (2011) 1.34
Genetic and biochemical characterization of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) synthase in Haloferax mediterranei. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.32
CD151 modulates expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and promotes neoangiogenesis and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2010) 1.32
Overexpression of CXCL5 mediates neutrophil infiltration and indicates poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2012) 1.31
Physiology of phototrophic iron(II)-oxidizing bacteria: implications for modern and ancient environments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2008) 1.31
Circulating tumor cells: advances in detection methods, biological issues, and clinical relevance. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2011) 1.29
Broad-range modulation of light emission in two-dimensional semiconductors by molecular physisorption gating. Nano Lett (2013) 1.28
Identification of side population cells in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines with stepwise metastatic potentials. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2008) 1.28
Radiation therapy for adrenal gland metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2005) 1.25
High expression of IL-17 and IL-17RE associate with poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Exp Clin Cancer Res (2013) 1.24
Molecular characterization of the phaECHm genes, required for biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula marismortui. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.24
Autophagy activation in hepatocellular carcinoma contributes to the tolerance of oxaliplatin via reactive oxygen species modulation. Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.24
CXCR6 upregulation contributes to a proinflammatory tumor microenvironment that drives metastasis and poor patient outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res (2012) 1.23
CD24 is a novel predictor for poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery. Clin Cancer Res (2009) 1.22
αB-crystallin complexes with 14-3-3ζ to induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition and resistance to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2013) 1.22
IL-17 induces AKT-dependent IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 activation and tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Cancer (2011) 1.19
Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) producer. J Bacteriol (2012) 1.19
MiR-146a enhances angiogenic activity of endothelial cells in hepatocellular carcinoma by promoting PDGFRA expression. Carcinogenesis (2013) 1.19
Recruitment of mismatch repair proteins to the site of DNA damage in human cells. J Cell Sci (2008) 1.19
Real-time monitoring of rare circulating hepatocellular carcinoma cells in an orthotopic model by in vivo flow cytometry assesses resection on metastasis. Cancer Res (2012) 1.18
Altered expression of DACH1 and cyclin D1 in endometrial cancer. Cancer Biol Ther (2009) 1.18
Functional characterization of CD4+ T cells in aplastic anemia. Blood (2011) 1.17
Risk factors, prognosis, and management of early and late intrahepatic recurrence after resection of primary clear cell carcinoma of the liver. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.17
Stromal derived factor-1 regulates bone morphogenetic protein 2-induced osteogenic differentiation of primary mesenchymal stem cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol (2010) 1.17
B7-H4 expression promotes tumorigenesis in ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer (2009) 1.16
Interface tissue engineering and the formulation of multiple-tissue systems. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol (2006) 1.15
Consideration of role of radiotherapy for lymph node metastases in patients with HCC: retrospective analysis for prognostic factors from 125 patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2005) 1.15
Expression of X-linked inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein in hepatocellular carcinoma promotes metastasis and tumor recurrence. Hepatology (2008) 1.15
Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviors in mice lacking GABA transporter subtype 1. Neuropsychopharmacology (2006) 1.14
Repair of critical-sized rat calvarial defects using genetically engineered bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing hypoxia-inducible factor-1α. Stem Cells (2011) 1.14
Identification of the haloarchaeal phasin (PhaP) that functions in polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation and granule formation in Haloferax mediterranei. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 1.14
The cell fate determination factor DACH1 is expressed in estrogen receptor-alpha-positive breast cancer and represses estrogen receptor-alpha signaling. Cancer Res (2009) 1.14
Cytokeratin 10 and cytokeratin 19: predictive markers for poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma patients after curative resection. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 1.13
Decreased selenium-binding protein 1 enhances glutathione peroxidase 1 activity and downregulates HIF-1α to promote hepatocellular carcinoma invasiveness. Clin Cancer Res (2012) 1.13
Synergistic enhancement effect of magnetic nanoparticles on anticancer drug accumulation in cancer cells. Nanotechnology (2006) 1.13
Prognostic significance of Beclin 1-dependent apoptotic activity in hepatocellular carcinoma. Autophagy (2009) 1.12
Structure of phase change materials for data storage. Phys Rev Lett (2006) 1.12
Liver transplantation outcomes in 1,078 hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a multi-center experience in Shanghai, China. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2009) 1.12