AUTHOR=Huang Huagui , Liu Xin , Wang Jinzuo , Suo Moran , Zhang Jing , Sun Tianze , Zhang Wentao , Li Zhonghai TITLE=Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for regenerative treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1215698 DOI=10.3389/fcell.2023.1215698 ISSN=2296-634X ABSTRACT=Intervertebral disc degeneration is thought to be a major contributor to low back pain, the etiology of which is complex and not yet fully understood. To compensate for the lack of drug and surgical treatment, mesenchymal stem cells have been proposed for regenerative treatment of intervertebral discs in recent years, and encouraging results have been achieved in related trials. Mesenchymal stem cells can be derived from different parts of the body, among which mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the fetal umbilical cord have excellent performance in terms of difficulty of acquisition, differentiation potential, immunogenicity and ethical risk.