Table 1.

Sample demographics for bulk RNA-Seq

Sample ID	Group	Level	Age	Sex	Thompson grade
Hu12	Non-degenerated	L2/L3	31	Female	II
Hu16	Non-degenerated	L4/L5	19	Female	II
Hu19	Non-degenerated	L4/L5	33	Male	II
Hu21	Non-degenerated	L3/L4	40	Female	II
Hu15	Degenerated	L2/L3	59	Female	IV
Hu17	Degenerated	L3/L4	39	Male	IV
Hu18	Degenerated	L3/L4	74	Male	IV
Hu23	Degenerated	L4/L5	42	Female	IV