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Pictorial representation of the interplay between pro-inflammatory cytokine expression within the degenerative disc, interaction within the peripheral nerovous system (DRG innervation and retrograde neurotrophin expression), neoinnervation and pain in a theorized mechanism of neurotrophin/neuropeptide/inflammatory cytokine induced IVD pain.
