Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (27): 4418-4422.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.27.025

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Establishment of animal models of cervical instability and vertebral artery ischemia

Zhu Sheng-jie1, Zhu Fang1, Yue Zong-jin2, Wang Zi-hua3   

  1. 1 Department of Orthopedics, Ningling County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shangqiu 476700, Henan Province, China; 2 Department of Spine, Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan Province, China; 3 Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China
  • Online:2014-06-30 Published:2014-06-30
  • About author:Zhu Sheng-jie, Attending physician, Department of Orthopedics, Ningling County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shangqiu 476700, Henan Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Cervical spondylosis refers to cervical intervertebral spondylotic myelopathy and secondary degenerative changes, as well as pathological changes in surrounding tissue structures. Establishing animal model of cervical instability and vertebral-basilar artery ischemia is the key in the studies addressing cervical spondylosis pathophysiology and treatment.
OBJECTIVE: To establish animal model of unstable cervical spine and vertebral-basilar artery ischemia, and explore new progress of animal model imitation study.
METHODS: A computer-based retrieval of PubMed database and CNKI database was performed for articles published from 1979 to 2012. The key words were “cervical instability, basal-vertebral artery ischemia, animal model” in English and Chinese. The articles about cervical instability, basal-vertebral artery ischemia, and animal model were screened, and those published recently or in authorized journals were preferred in the same field. Finally 43 articles were included in this study.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: An ideal animal model of cervical disease is needed. Animal model of cervical diseases is often used for the study of disease causes, onset mechanism and biochemistry. As the causes and mechanism of cervical diseases remain unclear, the existing modeling method cannot duplicate human cervical diseases, so further studies are needed to explore the establishment of models, positive rate and modeling time.



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Key words: vertebral artery, cervical spondylosis, cervical vertebrae, animal models

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