Research Article

SIRT1 Attenuates Apoptosis of Nucleus Pulposus Cells by Targeting Interactions between LC3B and Fas under High-Magnitude Compression

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SIRT1 overexpression rescued autophagy and reduced cell apoptosis in a rat tail compression model. (a) Appearance and X-ray views of the modified rat tail static compression model. (b) T2-weighted MRI image of the experimental rat tail IVD under high-magnitude compression at 4 weeks in each group. (c) Histomorphological changes in the experimental rat tail IVD under high-magnitude compression. (d) Immunohistochemical staining of cleaved caspase 3, LC3B, and p-P65 expression in experimental rat tail IVD samples from each group. . . . #. IVD: intervertebral disc; IDD: intervertebral disc degeneration.
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