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Table 1 Demographic Features of Subjects and Percentages of Senescent Cells *

From: Senescent vs. non-senescent cells in the human annulus in vivo: Cell harvest with laser capture microdissection and gene expression studies with microarray analysis

Subject Number

% Senescent Cells **

Age

(years)

Gender

Site

Thompson

Grade

1

68.1

28

Female

L3-L4

3

2

76.4

46

Female

L4-L5

4

3

71.8

56

Male

L4-L5

4

4

74.5

45

Male

L5-S1

4

5

80.2

54

Female

C4-C5

4

6

92.0

32

Male

L5-S1

4

7

64.4

56

Male

L4-L5

5

8

68.6

37

Male

L4-L5

3.5

9

57.1

57

Male

L4-L5

3

10

46.1

26

Female

L5-S1

3

11

51.8

37

Male

L5-S1

3

  1. * * L, lumbar; S, sacral; C, cervical.
  2. ** Determined from measurement of senescent cells (using SA-β-gal immunohistochemistry) on sections adjacent to those used for LCM.
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BMC Biotechnology

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