ReviewMinerva anestesiologica2024
Lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in low back pain.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Establishment of a novel asymmetric force degenerative lumbar scoliosis aging bipedal rat model.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: Clinical Findings and Short-Term Outcomes in a Retrospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Stepwise micro-CT analysis of sample processing effects on the 3D morphology of human intervertebral discs.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- Drug-Induced Cuproptosis Defines the Therapeutic Window of Celecoxib in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration via the HSP90-RBX1 Axis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Disruption of YAP biomolecular condensates by mechanical stress drives intervertebral disc vascularization.Science advances · 2026Article
- The clinical role of lncRNA PRKG1-AS1 in lumbar disc degeneration and its mechanism in regulating inflammation and ferroptosis via miR-218-5p.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Integrative bulk and single-cell transcriptomic analyses reveal nucleus pulposus cell fibrosis as a therapeutic target in intervertebral disc degeneration and identify quercetin as a potential antifibrotic agent.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- A New Direction for Delaying Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Resveratrol Inhibits Ferroptosis in Nucleus Pulposus Cells.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Article
- Synergistic microenvironment therapy: a dual-function nanogel of supramolecular collagen ll-mimetic matrix and antioxidant MXene for attenuating intervertebral disc degeneration.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- Deciphering the regulatory mechanism and therapeutic potential of ECM degradation in intervertebral disc degeneration via multi-omics integration.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Biomechanical compensatory chain and residual compensation potential in aging spinal deformity: a narrative review and multimodal assessment framework.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Integrated machine learning and multi-omics analysis identifies CYP1B1 as a candidate target of orientin in intervertebral disc degeneration-associated low back pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Etiology, diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc degeneration: a focus on the mechanism of action of Piezo1 and research perspectives.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Exosome-Based Cartilage-Targeted Delivery System: Strategies and Applications.Small science · 2026Review
- Degenerative Disease of Intervertebral Disc: A Narrative Review of Pathogenesis, Clinical Implications and Therapies.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- T2 mapping and q-Dixon for assessment of intervertebral disc degeneration in lower back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Human molecular mechanisms of discogenic low back pain: A scoping review.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Low-intensity ultrasound stimulation promotes differentiation of bone marrow mononuclear cells to nucleus pulposus cells for matrix synthesis.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Mini-review: research and progress of oxeiptosis in diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Intervertebral disc degeneration is characterized by deterioration in structural support that is potentially followed by stimulated neuronal ingrowth, and dysfunction of cellular physiology in the disc. Discogenic low back pain originates from nociceptors within the intervertebral disc or the cartilage endplate. This narrative review examines the mechanisms of disc degeneration, the association between degeneration and pain, and the current diagnosis and treatment of discogenic low back pain. Mechanisms of disc degeneration include dysregulated homeostasis of the extracellular matrix of the disc, altered spine mechanics, DNA damage, oxidative stress, perturbed cell signaling pathways, and cellular senescence. Although disc degeneration is more common in individuals with low back pain than in asymptomatic ones, degeneration occurs in a large proportion of asymptomatic individuals. Therefore, degeneration itself is not sufficient to trigger low back pain. Imaging and discography are common diagnostic tools of discogenic low back pain but have limited validity to diagnose discogenic pain. Most of current treatments options are not specific to discogenic pain but are unspecific treatments of low back pain of any origin. There is an urgent need to clarify and distinguish the molecular mechanisms of discogenic pain from mechanisms of disc degeneration that are not involved in nociception. Future research should make use of current methods to study molecular mechanisms of human pain in comprehensively and quantitatively phenotyped patients with low back pain, with the objective to identify molecular triggers of discogenic pain and determine the relationship between molecular mechanisms, pain, and patient-relevant outcomes.
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