Raghavan, Rahul
Coppola, Ugo
Wu, Yushi
Ihewulezi, Chibuike
Negrón-Piñeiro, Lenny J.
Maguire, Julie E.
Hong, Justin
Cunningham, Matthew
Kim, Han Jo
Albert, Todd J.
Ali, Abdullah M.
Saint-Jeannet, Jean-Pierre
Ristoratore, Filomena
Dahia, Chitra L.
Di Gregorio, Anna
Article History
Received: 4 June 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2023
First Online: 27 October 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.All the protocols for handling of zebrafish and experiments that involve non-feeding larvae were approved by the local review panel.The work involving <i>Xenopus laevis</i> was performed in accordance with the recommendations of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health, and was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of New York University, protocol #IA16-00052.All experiments involving mice were carried out in accordance with institutional guidelines under Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approved at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) under the IACUC protocol number 2016–0026.Human NP tissue was collected under the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved research study and protocol number 2016–933, all in compliance with the applicable requirements of the FDA regulations and HSS regulations. Patients who were recruited for this study were undergoing spine surgery due to prior medical diagnosis and treatment. Informed consent was obtained to collect the NP tissue, which otherwise would have been discarded after the surgical procedure.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.