Research Article

The Sirt1/P53 Axis in Diabetic Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Pathogenesis and Therapeutics

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High glucose promotes senescence in nucleus pulposus cells in vitro. (a, b) The SA-β-gal staining results of NP cells treated with different concentrations of glucose for 24 h (original magnification ×200, scale bar: 50 μm) and the quantification of senescence cells are shown. (c, e) The protein expression of the senescence markers, p21WAF1 and p16INK4a, was evaluated by western blot in NP cells treated with glucose in a dose-dependent manner and a time-dependent manner. (d, f) The quantification of p21WAF1and p16INK4a immunoblots is shown. The experiment was repeated at least three times, with a representative example shown. The data in the figures represent the . Significant differences between groups are indicated as , , and .
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