Effect of ulinastatin on the expression of iNOS, MMP-2, and MMP-3 in degenerated nucleus pulposus cells of rabbits

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Hua, Guo ^a   Haiping, Zhang ^a   Baorong, He ^a   Dingjun, Hao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 ; Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and matrix metalloproteinase 3; Nitric oxide synthase; Nucleus pulposus; Trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GELATINASE A; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; STROMELYSIN; ULINASTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RABBITS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84872123917     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2012.716882     Document Type: Article

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