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Effect of regulating macrophage polarization phenotype on intervertebral disc degeneration.
Immunity, inflammation and disease - 1 Nov 2022
Hou Xuefeng, Shen Yucheng, Sun Minli, Zhang Bing, Dai Jiuming, Chen Dong, Liu Zhidong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Macrophages are the only inflammatory cells that can penetrate the closed nucleus pulposus and their polarization plays an important role in intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). This paper attempted to investigate the pathogenesis of IVDD by altering the polarization state of macrophages. METHODS: Macrophage RAW264.7 cells were induced by interferonγ (IFN-γ) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The...
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