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Serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 vary based on diagnoses in individuals with lumbar intervertebral disc diseases

BACKGROUND: Many intervertebral disc diseases cause low back pain (LBP). Proinflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) participate in disc pathology. In this study, we examined levels of serum cytokines and MMPs in human subjects with diagnoses of disc herniation (DH), spinal stenos...

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Autores principales: Weber, Kathryn T., Alipui, D. Olivier, Sison, Cristina P., Bloom, Ona, Quraishi, Shaheda, Overby, M. Chris, Levine, Mitchell, Chahine, Nadeen O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0887-8