Down-regulated CK8 expression in human intervertebral disc degeneration

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 948-956

  Sun, Zhen ^a   Wang, Hai Qiang ^a   Liu, Zhi Heng ^a   Chang, Le ^a   Chen, Yu Fei ^a   Zhang, Yong Zhao ^a   Zhang, Wei Lin ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Wan, Zhong Yuan ^a   Che, Lu ^b   Liu, Xu ^b   Samartzis, Dino ^c   Luo, Zhuo Jing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell clusters; Cytokeratin 8; Immunofluorescence; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Nucleus pulposus; qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 8; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOLIOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL CLUSTERS; CYTOKERATIN 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; QRT-PCR.;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; KERATIN-8; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879052848     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5642     Document Type: Article

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