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    Basic fibroblast growth factor improves trabecular bone connectivity and bone strength in the lumbar vertebral body of osteopenic rats

    Recently, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) has been found to increase trabecular bone mass and connectivity in the proximal tibial metaphyses (PTM) in osteopenic rats. The purpose of this study was to det...

    Wei Yao, Tamer Hadi, Yebin Jiang, Jeff Lotz in Osteoporosis International (2005)

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    Anulus fibrosus tension inhibits degenerative structural changes in lamellar collagen

    Mechanical stress is one of the risk factors believed to influence intervertebral disc degeneration. Animal models have shown that certain regimes of compressive loading can induce a cascade of biological effe...

    Jeffrey C. Lotz, Tamer Hadi, Clayton Bratton, Karen M. Reiser in European Spine Journal (2008)