Vascular endothelial growth factor-A is a survival factor for nucleus pulposus cells in the intervertebral disc
Nobuyuki Fujita(Fujita Health University), Takeshi Miyamoto(Kumamoto Health Science University), Hideo Morioka, Toshio Suda(Chinese Academy of Sciences), Kazuhiro Chiba(Akita Prefectural University), Morio Matsumoto(Keio University Hospital), Ken Ninomiya(Kawasaki Hospital), T. Suzuki, Masayuki Yamada(Fukushima Medical University), Yoshiaki Toyama(Keio University), Ryotaro Iwasaki(Keio University), Shinya Watanabe(Fukushima Medical University), Jun-ichi Imai(Fukushima Medical University), Kana Miyamoto(Kumamoto University)
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