Herniated lumbar intervertebral discs spontaneously produce matrix metalloproteinases, nitric oxide, interleukin-6, and prostaglandin E2

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Kang, James D ^a   Georgescu, Helga I ^a   McIntyre Larkin, Lori ^a   Stefanovic Racic, Maja ^a   Donaldson III, William F ^a   Evans, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; degeneration; intervertebral disc; metalloproteinases; nitric oxide; prostaglandin; radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; BONE MATRIX; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GELATINASES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0030020183     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602010-00003     Document Type: Article

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