Apoptosis and gene expression of collagenases but not gelatinases in rabbit disc fragment cultures: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 552-560

  Haschtmann, Daniel ^a,b   Ferguson, Stephen J ^a   Stoyanov, Jivko V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Disc fragment culture; Herniated disc; Inflammation; Intervertebral disc disease; Matrix metalloproteinase; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COLLAGENASE; COLLAGENASE 3; FAS LIGAND; GELATINASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LACTOSE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; TISSUE CULTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CHEMOKINE CCL2; COLLAGENASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GELATINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PROTEOGLYCANS; RABBITS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 45149128125     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/6/552     Document Type: Article

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