Fig. 3: Promoting the expression of HSP70 attenuated IVDD in vivo. | Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Fig. 3: Promoting the expression of HSP70 attenuated IVDD in vivo.

From: HSP70 attenuates compression-induced apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells by suppressing mitochondrial fission via upregulating the expression of SIRT3

Fig. 3

a HE and safranin-O/fast green staining of IVD samples. b Evaluation of IVDD by histological score. c, d IHC staining of matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) and quantitative analysis. e, f IHC staining of cleaved caspase 3 and quantitative analysis. (n = 7/group, *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001).

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