title: [Progress in disc degeneration models and calcitonin therapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the disc degeneration models and the current treatment status of calcitonin.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature concerning the disc degeneration models and the calcitonin treatment of disc degeneration was extensively reviewed and summarized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different models of disc degeneration have advantages and disadvantages; calcitonin can relieve disc degeneration at different degrees in vitro and in vivo studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disc degeneration model for the study of disc degeneration mechanism offers a variety of ideas, and the results of calcitonin treatment in the disc degeneration model can provide the basis for future experiments.
authors.forename: Binbin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Faming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.lastname: Wang Wenya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin