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SUBMITTER: Maeda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654520 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maeda Kazuya K Sugimoto Kazuki K Tasaki Masayoshi M Taniwaki Takuya T Arima Takahiro T Shibata Yuto Y Tateyama Makoto M Karasugi Tatsuki T Sueyoshi Takanao T Masuda Tetsuro T Uehara Yusuke Y Tokunaga Takuya T Hisanaga Satoshi S Yugami Masaki M Yonemitsu Ryuji R Ideo Katsumasa K Matsushita Kozo K Fukuma Yuko Y Uragami Masaru M Kawakami Junki J Yoshimura Naoto N Takata Kosei K Shimada Masaki M Tanimura Shuntaro S Matsunaga Hideto H Kai Yuki Y Takata Shu S Kubo Ryuta R Tajiri Rui R Homma Fuka F Tian Xiao X Ueda Mitsuharu M Nakamura Takayuki T Miyamoto Takeshi T
Scientific reports 20231116 1
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a degenerative disease characterized by intermittent claudication and numbness in the lower extremities. These symptoms are caused by the compression of nerve tissue in the lumbar spinal canal. Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy and spinal epidural lipomatosis in the spinal canal are known to contribute to stenosis of the spinal canal: however, detailed mechanisms underlying LSS are still not fully understood. Here, we show that surgically harvested LFs from LSS p ...[more]