Electroacupuncture inhibits apoptosis in annulus fibrosis cells through suppression of the mitochondria-dependent pathway in a rat model of cervical intervertebral disc degradation

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 686-692

  Liao, Jun ^a   Ke, Meigui ^a   Xu, Teng ^a   Lin, Lili ^a  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosis cells; Apoptosis; Electroacupuncture; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; MELOXICAM; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN CRK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84865400277     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000046     Document Type: Article

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