Research Article

Interference of Interleukin-1β Mediated by Lentivirus Promotes Functional Recovery of Spinal Cord Contusion Injury in Rats via the PI3K/AKT1 Signaling Pathway

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IL-1β in rats following spinal cord contusion. (a) Expression of IL-1β mRNA was successfully decreased IL-1β-lentiviral group. Mean values in the RNAi group were lower than in the vector group. (b) IL-1β-positive staining was located in the cytoplasm of neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord. (c) Number of IL-1β-positive cells in the IL-1β-lentiviral group were decreased on days 7 and 28. when compared with the vector group. (d) BBB scores in the IL-1β-lentiviral group were significantly higher than the vector group on days 3, 5, 14, and 28.
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