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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021

The Effect and Possible Mechanism of Intradiscal Injection of Simvastatin in the Treatment of Discogenic Pain in Rats.

Xiaodong Huang, Changkun Zheng, Weiheng Wang, Xiaojian Ye, Chia-Ying Lin, Zenghui Wu

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaodong HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China.
Changkun ZhengDepartment of Orthopaedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fujian, China.
Weiheng WangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Xiaojian YeDepartment of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Chia-Ying LinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Zenghui WuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China.
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · USXiamen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To study the effect of intradiscal injection of simvastatin on discogenic pain in rats and its possible mechanism, 30 adult female rats were used in this experiment. Twenty rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (Control group), intervertebral disk degeneration group (DDD group), intervertebral disk degeneration + hydrogel group (DDD + GEL group), and intervertebral disk degeneration + simvastatin group (DDD + SIM group). The mechanical pain threshold and cold sensation in rats were measured. The contents of NF-kappa B1, RelA, GAP43, SP, CGRP, TRPM 8, IL-1β, and TNF-α in the intervertebral disk (IVD), the corresponding contents of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and plantar skin GAP43 and TRPM 8 were quantitatively detected by PCR. The corresponding IVDs were stained to detect their degeneration. There was no significant difference in the mechanical pain threshold between the groups at each time point. From the first day to the 8th week after surgery, the cold-sensing response of the DDD group was significantly higher than that of the Control group (

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cold sensitivitydiscogenic low back painGAP43=growth-associated peptide 43NF-κB – Nuclear factor kappa Bsimvastatin

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PMID33815046
PMCPMC8010318
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