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Table 1 Tissue donor and sample classification details

From: The cytokine and chemokine expression profile of nucleus pulposus cells: implications for degeneration and regeneration of the intervertebral disc

Donor details

Sample classification

Ref.

Source

Age (y)

Level

Intact

cDNA

IL-16 IHC

CCL2 IHC

CCL7 IHC

CXCL8 IHC

1

S

42

L4/L5

No

I

4.0*

4.0*

4.2*

4.0*

2

S

40

L5/S1

Yes

I

7.3*

7.3*

5.7*

7.3*

3

S

25

L4/L5

Yes

D

4

4

4.7

4

4

S

48

L4/L5

Yes

NA

4.0*

4.0*

5.7*

4.0*

5

S

33

L5/S1

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

6

S

NA

NA

NA

NA

6.0*

6.0*

7.0*

6.0*

7

S

62

L4/L5

Yes

NA

7.5

7.5

7.3

7.5

8

S

32

L5/S1

Yes

N

2.3

2.3

3

2.3

9

S

26

L5/S1

Yes

NA

NA

3.3

NA

3.3

10

S

53

L4/L5

No

NA

7.5*

7.5*

7.5*

7.5*

11

S

40

L5/S1

Yes

NA

7.4

7.4

5.5

7.4

12

S

66

L5/S1

NA

NA

5.7*

5.7*

5.5*

5.7*

13

S

34

L4/L5

Yes

NA

6.2

6.2

7.5

6.2

14

S

NA

NA

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

15

S

45

L5/S1

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

16

S

26

L4/L5

Yes

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

17

S

23

L4/L5

Yes

N

NA

NA

NA

NA

18

S

29

L4/L5

Yes

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

19

S

35

L5/S1

No

N

NA

NA

NA

NA

20

S

20

L4/L5

No

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

21

S

39

L5/S1

No

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

22

PM

45

L4/L5

Yes

N

1.8

1.8

2

1.8

23

PM

45

L3/L4

Yes

N

3

3

2.5

3

24

PM

45

L5/S1

Yes

NA

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

25

S

48

L4/L5

No

D

9.5

9.5

6

9.5

26

S

26

L5/S1

No

D

11

11

3.5

11

27

S

33

L5/S1

Yes

I

8.5*

8.5*

6.5*

8.5*

28

PM

NA

L1/L2

Yes

NA

10

10

6

10

29

PM

NA

L4/L5

Yes

NA

8

8

6

8

30

PM

NA

L5/S1

Yes

NA

7

7

9

7

31

PM

NA

L3/L4

Yes

NA

8

8

7.3

8

32

PM

NA

L2/L3

Yes

NA

11

11

10.3

11

33

S

42

L5/S1

Yes

N

NA

NA

NA

NA

34

S

36

L5/S1

Yes

D

8

8

4

8

35

S

41

L5/S1

Yes

D

7.5

NA

7.5

NA

36

S

NA

NA

NA

I

6.0*

6.0*

4.7*

6.0*

37

S

44

L5/S1

Yes

I

3.0*

3.0*

2.3*

3.0*

38

S

52

L4/L5

Yes

D

10.5

10.5

7

10.5

39

S

NA

L4/L5

No

I

9.0*

9.0*

6.2*

9.0*

40

S

38

L5/S1

No

I

5.8*

5.8*

5.2*

5.8*

41

S

28

L4/L5

Yes

D

7.7

7.7

3.5

7.7

42

S

43

L5/S1

No

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

43

S

44

L5/S1

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

44

S

28

L5/S1

No

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

45

S

35

L5/S1

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

46

S

43

L5/S1

No

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

47

S

42

L5/S1

No

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

48

S

62

L3/L4

Yes

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

49

S

40

L3/L4

Yes

D

NA

NA

NA

NA

50

S

45

L4/L5

No

I

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. S, surgical; PM, post-mortem; I, infiltrated; D, degenerate; N, non-degenerate, IHC, immunohistochemistry; CCL, C-X-C chemokine. Surgically obtained prolapsed tissue samples were considered to be from intact IVDs when no signs of annulus fibrosus or cartilaginous endplate rupture were evident (protrusion-type prolapse). Values given for IHC sample classification are average histologically determined grades of degeneration; *infiltrating immune cells were observed; NA, not applicable.