摘要:
The invention relates to the use of viral inactivated-plasma cryoprecipitate concentrate (VIPCC) comprising a suitable fibronectin/fibrinogen ratio for treating, regenerating, repopulating injured Nucleus Pulposus cells/tissue, notochord derived tissue, and/or tissue whose formation is guided by notochordal cells, e.g. spinal intervertebral disc and/or central nervous system such as spine.
摘要:
The invention relates to the use of viral inactivated-plasma cryoprecipitate concentrate (VIPCC) comprising a suitable fibronectin/fibrinogen ratio for treating, regenerating, repopulating injured Nucleus Pulposus cells/tissue, notochord derived tissue, and/or tissue whose formation is guided by notochordal cells, e.g. spinal intervertebral disc and/or central nervous system such as spine.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for the in vitro production of intervertebral disk cartilage cell transplants from patients with diseased intervertebral disk tissue and to the use thereof as transplant material for the treatment of diseased intervertebral disks. The invention also relates to three-dimensional, vital and mechanically stable intervertebral disk cartilage tissue and to the use thereof as transplant material for the treatment of diseased intervertebral disks, and to the testing of active substances. The invention further relates to the produced intervertebral disk cell transplants and the produced intervertebral disk cartilage tissue and therapeutical preparations, e.g. injection solutions which contain said tissue and the cell transplants.
摘要:
A minimally invasive nucleus pulposus augmentation or replacement methods and corsponding devices comprising small intestine submucosa (sis) are disclosed. The method relates to insertion of nucleus pulposus augmentation or replacement materials comprising small intestine submucosa (sis) to help maintain disc height and promote regeneration of the native nucleus pulposus structure. The devices are shaped in an dongated form like strips, cords, braids, tubes, rolls or pellets. They may comprise bioactive factors or seeding cells.
摘要:
A method of augmenting and/or repairing an intervertebral disc by administering stem cell material into the disc. The stem cells may be undifferentiated cells, or they may be cells that have differentiated and have subsequently been dedifferentiated. The stem cells may be induced to express at least one characteristic of human intervertebral disc cells, such as fibroblast cells, chondrocyte cells, or notochordal cells, by exposing them to agents and/or environments calculated to induce the desired differentiation. In some embodiments, the stem cell material may be provided in conjunction with a collagen-based material, which may be a collagen-rich lattice. The stem cell material may be provided as a stem cell isolate, which may be substantially free of non-stem cell material. Other therapeutic agents may be administered with the stem cell material.
摘要:
The invention relates to a unit for treatment of the degeneration of an injured intervertebral disc arranged between two vertebrae. The treatment unit comprises cells (16) analogous or not to the cells of the intervertebral disc for implantation in said disc and an intervertebral implant (10) comprising an intervertebral wedge (12), for arrangement between two of said vertebrae and means (14) for fixing said wedge to said vertebrae.
摘要:
Methods of expressing LIM mineralization protein in non-osseous mammalian cells, such as stem cells or intervertebral disc cells (e.g., cells of the annulus fibrosus, or cells of the nucleus pulposus) are described. The methods involve transfecting the cells with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a LIM mineralization protein operably linked to a promoter. Transfection may be accomplished ex vivo or in vivo by direct injection of virus or naked DNA, or by a nonviral vector such as a plasmid. Expression of the LIM mineralization protein can stimulate proteoglycan and/or collagen production in cells capable of producing proteoglycyan and/or collagen. Methods for treating disc disease associated with trauma or disc degeneration are also described.
摘要:
This invention relates to a method for repair and reconstitution of invertebral discs in a subject which involves administration of STRO-1 + multipotent cells. The method of the invention is useful in the treatment of spinal conditions characterized by degeneration of the invertebral disc.
摘要:
The intervertebral disc is avascular. With aging, endplates become occluded by calcified layers, and diffusion of nutrients and oxygen into the disc diminishes. The disc degenerates, and pain ensues. Conduits are delivered and deployed into the intervertebral disc to reestablish the exchange of nutrients and waste between the disc and bodily circulation to stop or reverse disc degeneration and relieve pain. The intervertebral disc installed with semi-permeable conduits may be used as an immuno-isolated capsule to encapsulate donor cells capable of biosynthesizing therapeutic molecules. The semi-permeable conduits establish the exchange of nutrients and therapeutic molecules between disc and bodily circulation to treat a disease without using immunosuppressive drugs.