Research Article

miRNA-146a and miRNA-202-3p Attenuate Inflammatory Response by Inhibiting TLR4, IRAK1, and TRAF6 Expressions in Rats following Spinal Cord Injury

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Behavioral and histological characterization of rats following SCI. (a) BBB scores of the rats at the 6th, 24th, and 48th hours after weight-drop injury or sham operation. by Student’s -test. (b) Representative spinal cord segments of rats after weight-drop injury or sham operation after paraformaldehyde fixation: left, sham-operated rat; right, weight-drop-injured rats; red arrow indicates the spinal cord lesion. (c) Histological characterization of spinal cord tissues of rats after weight-drop injury or sham operation by HE staining; a1–a3 indicate sham-operated rats, and b1–b3 indicate weight-drop-injured rats; yellow arrows indicate erythrocytes, and black arrows indicate inflammatory infiltration.
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