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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Feb 15;37(4):E209–E215. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822ce81f

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(A) The accumulation of AGEs increased with ribosylation incubation time in both the annulus fibrosis (p<0.001; ANOVA) and the nucleus pulposus (p<0.001; ANOVA). (B) The increases in AGEs also corresponded with the decrease in the tissue water mass in these IVD tissues. Water content in the intervertebral disc tissues decreased significantly with incubation time in both the annulus fibrosis (p<0.001; ANOVA) and the nucleus pulposus (p<0.001; ANOVA).