| Effect of limited nutrition on in situ intervertebral disc cells under "physiological" loading. Jünger S, Gantenbein B, Alini M, Ferguson SJ, Ito K Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 34 (34), 1264-71, 2009 | 128* | 2009 |
| The combined effects of limited nutrition and high-frequency loading on intervertebral discs with endplates S Illien-Jünger, B Gantenbein-Ritter, S Grad, P Lezuo, SJ Ferguson, ... Spine 35 (19), 1744-1752, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Injectable thermoreversible hyaluronan-based hydrogels for nucleus pulposus cell encapsulation M Peroglio, S Grad, D Mortisen, CM Sprecher, S Illien-Jünger, M Alini, ... European Spine Journal 21 (6), 839-849, 2012 | 93 | 2012 |
| Homing of mesenchymal stem cells in induced degenerative intervertebral discs in a whole organ culture system S Illien-Jünger, G Pattappa, M Peroglio, LM Benneker, MJ Stoddart, ... Spine 37 (22), 1865-1873, 2012 | 92 | 2012 |
| Combined anti-inflammatory and anti-AGE drug treatments have a protective effect on intervertebral discs in mice with diabetes S Illien-Junger, F Grosjean, DM Laudier, H Vlassara, GE Striker, ... PLoS One 8 (5), e64302, 2013 | 82 | 2013 |
| Fibrin-genipin adhesive hydrogel for annulus fibrosus repair: performance evaluation with large animal organ culture, in situ biomechanics, and in vivo degradation tests M Likhitpanichkul, M Dreischarf, S Illien-Junger, BA Walter, T Nukaga, ... European cells & materials 28, 25, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| Organ culture bioreactors–platforms to study human intervertebral disc degeneration and regenerative therapy B Gantenbein, S Illien-Jünger, S CW Chan, J Walser, L Haglund, ... Current stem cell research & therapy 10 (4), 339-352, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| Development and validation of a bioreactor system for dynamic loading and mechanical characterization of whole human intervertebral discs in organ culture BA Walter, S Illien-Jünger, PR Nasser, AC Hecht, JC Iatridis Journal of biomechanics 47 (9), 2095-2101, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Intervertebral Disc IM Shapiro, MV Risbud Springer Verlag Gmbh, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| Chronic ingestion of advanced glycation end products induces degenerative spinal changes and hypertrophy in aging pre-diabetic mice S Illien-Jünger, Y Lu, SA Qureshi, AC Hecht, W Cai, H Vlassara, ... PLoS One 10 (2), e0116625, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Development of a bovine decellularized extracellular matrix‐biomaterial for nucleus pulposus regeneration S Illien‐Jünger, DD Sedaghatpour, DM Laudier, AC Hecht, SA Qureshi, ... Journal of orthopaedic research 34 (5), 876-888, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Cell-seeded adhesive biomaterial for repair of annulus fibrosus defects in intervertebral discs MA Cruz, WW Hom, TJ DiStefano, R Merrill, OM Torre, HA Lin, AC Hecht, ... Tissue Engineering Part A 24 (3-4), 187-198, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| TNFα transport induced by dynamic loading alters biomechanics of intact intervertebral discs BA Walter, M Likhitpanichkul, S Illien-Junger, PJ Roughley, AC Hecht, ... PloS one 10 (3), e0118358, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| In vitro and biomechanical screening of polyethylene glycol and poly(trimethylene carbonate) block copolymers for annulus fibrosus repair RG Long, SG Rotman, WW Hom, DJ Assael, S Illien‐Jünger, DW Grijpma, ... Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 12 (2), e727-e736, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Confocal imaging protocols for live/dead staining in three-dimensional carriers B Gantenbein-Ritter, CM Sprecher, S Chan, S Illien-Jünger, S Grad Mammalian Cell Viability, 127-140, 2011 | 23 | 2011 |
| AGEs induce ectopic endochondral ossification in intervertebral discs S Illien-Jünger, OM Torre, WF Kindschuh, X Chen, DM Laudier, JC Iatridis European cells & materials 32, 257, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Structural and chemical modification to improve adhesive and material properties of fibrin-genipin for repair of annulus fibrosus defects in intervertebral disks MA Cruz, S McAnany, N Gupta, RG Long, P Nasser, D Eglin, AC Hecht, ... Journal of biomechanical engineering 139 (8), 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Detrimental effects of discectomy on intervertebral disc biology can be decelerated by growth factor treatment during surgery: a large animal organ culture model S Illien-Jünger, Y Lu, D Purmessur, JE Mayer, BA Walter, PJ Roughley, ... The Spine Journal 14 (11), 2724-2732, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products have Sex-and Age Dependent Effects on Vertebral Bone Microstructure and Mechanical Function in Mice. IJC Illien-Jünger S, Palacio-Mancheno P, Kindschuh WF, Chen X, Sroga GE ... J Bone Miner Res., 2017 | 14* | 2017 |
| Dietary advanced glycation end-product consumption leads to mechanical stiffening of murine intervertebral discs D Krishnamoorthy, RC Hoy, DM Natelson, OM Torre, DM Laudier, ... Disease models & mechanisms 11 (12), 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
