Versatile Microgel Platform for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Therapy: Targeting Pericyte‐Mediated Fibrosis and Protecting Nucleus Pulposus Cells
This study identified pericytes as novel fibrotic effector cells in IVDD, contributing to fibrosis through activation of the TGF‐β signaling pathway, and developed a microgel platform designed to specifically inhibit pericyte activation and pro‐fibrotic transition.