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From: Action of fibroblast growth factor-2 on the intervertebral disc

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Comparison of endogenous gene expression by cells from normal and degenerative human intervertebral disc. Fresh human nucleus pulposus tissue from normal (grades 0 to 2) and degenerative (after surgery) intervertebral disc cells were subjected to total RNA preparation followed by semiquantitative RT-PCR using human specific primer sets. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as the internal control. FGF2, fibroblast growth factor 2; FGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor.

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