Up-regulation of circulating microRNA-17 is associated with lumbar radicular pain following disc herniation.
Eivind HasvikTiril SchjølbergDaniel Pitz JacobsenAnne Julsrud HaugenLars GrøvleElina Iordanova SchistadJohannes GjerstadPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2019)
We conclude that miR-17 may be associated with the intensity of lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation, possibly through a TNF-driven pro-inflammatory mechanism.