VEGF and eNOS variants may influence intervertebral disc degeneration.

Hasan Emre AydinSerbulent YigitIsmail KayaErcan TuralSadegul TuncerAyse Feyda Nursal

Published in: Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids (2022)

In conclusion, this study demonstrates first time that some clinical characteristics of IDD have been associated with allele frequencies of VEGF -2549 I/D/ eNOS VNTR variants.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
vascular endothelial growth factor
copy number
nitric oxide synthase
pi k akt
nitric oxide
gene expression
signaling pathway