The Effect of Electroacupuncture on the Extracellular Matrix Synthesis and Degradation in a Rabbit Model of Disc Degeneration

Figure 6

(a) Representative western blot analyses showing the decorin protein levels. GAPDH was analyzed as house-keeping gene. (b) The protein expression of four groups. ^∗𝑃<0.05, compared with the normal control; ^#𝑃<0.05, compared with the sham compressed group, ⁺𝑃<0.05, compared with the model group on 56 days and compared with 28 days in EA group.

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