ADAM8 inactivation retards intervertebral disc degeneration in mice

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA.
• ² Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
• ³ School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Orthopedics/Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.
• ⁶ Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
• ⁷ Section of Rehabilitation Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.