| IVD | Intervertebral disc |
| LBP | Lower back pain |
| FCPC | Fetal cartilage progenitor cell |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| MMPs | Matrix metalloproteinases |
| NP | Nucleus pulposus |
| AF | Annulus fibrosis |
| DMEM | Dulbeccos’s modified eagle’s medium |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| CGRP | Calcitonin gene receptor protein |
| IVDD | Intervertebral disc degeneration |
| Co | Coccygeal |