The Efficacy of Growth Differentiation Factor-6 on Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in the Rabbit Anular-puncture Model

in the Rabbit Anular-puncture Model Shingo Miyazaki , Kenji Kato, Kevin Cheng,Won C Bae, Yang Sun, Weibo Jiang, Junichi Yamada, Edward Abarado, Erikka Linn, Carol Muehleman, Mary E Lenz, Robert L Sah, Ashish D Diwan, *Koichi Masuda Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Radiology and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Orthopaedics Research Institute and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. George Hospital University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Email: shmiyazaki@ucsd.edu *Correspondence; komasuda@ucsd.edu