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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus Norvegicus
SUBMITTER:
Chunming Wang
PROVIDER: PXD054091 | iProX | Sat Jul 20 00:00:00 GMT+01:00 2024
REPOSITORIES: iProX

Nature communications 20250416 1
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) remains a global healthcare challenge. Here, by analyzing clinical samples, we discover the loss of milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 (MFG-E8) from the nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue-along with increased enzymatic breakdown of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)-as an overlooked factor for IDD development. Repairing the degraded NP extracellular matrix (ECM) with a structurally-mimicking glycan glue to enrich MFG-E8 may counter the degeneration. Accordingly, we synthesize ...[more]