Open Access<p>Melatonin benefits to the growth of human annulus fibrosus cells through inhibiting miR-106a-5p/ATG7 signaling pathway</p>
Author(s) -
Hai Bai,
Yunlong Ma,
Xiaoyu Pan,
Yong Lei,
Liang Chen,
Guanping He,
Chenlong Yang,
Bin Zhu,
Xiaoguang Liu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s193765
Subject(s) - melatonin , medicine , autophagy , apoptosis , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , cancer research , biology , biochemistry
Disc degeneration (DD) is one of the common diseases worldwide, which deeply influences normal life and leads to excruciating pain. However, an effective treatment for DD is still not identified.