NIH R01 · 2025
Summary There is no successful biologic treatment for intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). The goal of this proposal is to utilize a hydrogel-based engineering approach to deliver PDGF to intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue and establish PDGF as a potent inhibitor of IDD. We also aim to define the mechanisms underlying its effects on normal and diseased nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) cells using human IVDs as well as preclinical models of IDD. The scientific premise for the proposed work is a rigorous body of published evidence demonstrating that PDGF- BB, as well as PDGF-AB can stimulate disc cell growth and/or inhibit their programmed cell death in vitro. Our compelling…
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