Nonviral Gene Delivery of Growth and Differentiation Factor 5 to Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Injected into a 3D Bovine Intervertebral Disc Organ Culture System

Table 1

List of donors used for hMSC expansion. All cells were obtained with ethical approval (KEK 187#10) from bone marrow aspirates of the vertebral body of patients undergoing spinal surgery.

ID	Site of aspiration	Gender	Age
Patient 49	—	Male	51
Patient 50	—	Female	77
Patient 51	Th11, Th12	Female	38
Patient 52	L1	Female	79
Patient 53	—	Female	86
Patient 54	Th11, L1	Female	73
Patient 55	Th10, Th12	Male	61
Patient 56	Th11, L1	Female	58
Patient 57	Iliac Crest	Female	81
Patient 58	Th5, Th6	Female	54
Patient 59	Th10, Th12	Female	80
Patient 60	Th10, L2, L3	Female	81

Th: thoracic vertebral body, L: lumbar vertebral body.