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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Spine J. 2016 Feb 25;25(11):3723–3734. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4459-7

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Factors released by a chronically damaged disc can cause inflammation and osteoclast activation in the adjacent bone marrow. Endplate damage leads to a hydraulic disc/vertebra coupling and increased efflux of these factors into the adjacent bone marrow where they can cause Modic changes