Akt/PKB isoforms expression in the human lumbar herniated disc: Correlation with clinical and MRI findings

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1676-1683

  Pasku, Dritan ^a   Soufla, Giannoula ^b,c   Katonis, Pavlos ^a   Tsarouhas, Alexandros ^b   Vakis, Antonis ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Akt PKB; Lumbar disc herniation; MRNA expression; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; ISOENZYMES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855200652     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1841-3     Document Type: Article

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