... disorders and subsequent lower back pain. The complex structure and distinct characteristics of IVDs warrant the establishment of robust in vitro IVD organ culture for studying the etiology and treatment of disc degeneration. Here, we isolate mouse lumbar IVDs and culture the minimal IVD units in submersion...

... to in the content or advertisements. Cleft palate Osteoblast Organ culture Snai1 Mouse The aetiology of cleft palate (CP) is multifactorial and can be caused by failure in any step of secondary palate development [Rice et al., 2005]. The mammalian secondary palate originates during...

... esophagus maintained in organ culture in a rostrocaudal direction and is dependent on the physical integrity of the esophagus and unaffected by exposure to FGF-2. Finally, we show that cultured fetal esophagi display prominent peristaltic contractions for up to 7 days in culture and this peristalsis...