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A scheme of important signaling pathways and matrix molecules that play roles in intervertebral disc health and disease. Notochordal cells (NCs) populate in the center of the nucleus pulposus (NP) and communicate with each other by many gap junctions (GJs). The annulus fibrosus (AF) and cartilaginous endplate (CEP) encapsulate the NP.
