Terminal complement complex (tcc): a possible target for intervertebral disc degeneration therapeutics

Graciosa Q Teixeira, Zhiyao Yong, Raquel M Goncalves, Amelie Kuhn, Michael Ruf, Andreas Nerlich, Thomas Barth, Uwe M Mauer, Anita Ignatius, Rolf Brenner, Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Division for Biochemistry of Joint and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Orthopedics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Spine Center, Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Academic Hospital Munich-Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery, German Armed Forces Hospital, Ulm, Germany