Inflammatory and catabolic signalling in intervertebral discs: The roles of NF-KB and map kinases

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-120

  Wuertz, Karin ^a,b,c   Vo, Nam ^d   Kletsas, Dimitris ^e   Boos, Norbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AOSpine Research Network   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activation; Inhibition; Intervertebral disc; IVD; MAP kinases; MAPK; NF B; Nuclear factor kappa B; Signalling; Target genes

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CURCUMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; RESVERATROL; ROFECOXIB; SD 169; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL GENE; ADAMTS4 GENE; ADAMTS5 GENE; AGGRECAN GENE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN II GENE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MMP1 GENE; MMP13 GENE; MMP14 GENE; MMP2 GENE; MMP3 GENE; MMP9 GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX 9 GENE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1 GENE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2 GENE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3 GENE; DISKITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

DISCITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860550927     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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