Effect of Static Load on the Nucleus Pulposus of Rabbit Intervertebral Disc Motion Segment in an Organ Culture

Table 3

Agg gene expression quantified by real-time PCR during organ culture.

Culture time point	Day 0	Day 3	Day 7	Day 14
Static load	1.000 0.037	0.053 0.060	0.007 0.001	0.027 0.005

The values represent the means ± SD. Significance of differences between culture time point and fresh tissue (day 0); significance of differences between culture time point and day 3. Agg: aggrecan; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; SD: standard deviation.