Research Article

Identification of Aberrantly Expressed Genes during Aging in Rat Nucleus Pulposus Cells

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The aging phenotype and migration capacity of young and old NPCs. (a, b) Representative images of SA-β-gal staining for the detection of senescent NPCs from the young and old groups. Quantitative analysis showed that the senescent cell number in the old group was higher than that in the young group. (c) Cell proliferation curve detected by CCK-8 assay. The OD value is higher in the young group after 7 days culture, indicating a higher proliferation capability of young NPCs. (d, g) Cell scratch assay showed declined migrated percentage in old NPCs after 12 h. (e, f) Transwell assay showed a declined migrated cell number in the old group. All samples examined in triplicate. Data are presented as the . .
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