Low back disc degeneration is common, what are some of the underlying reasons?
Posted by: Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
The inflammatory cytokine IL-1beta is associated with intervertebral disc degeneration. The molecular mechanisms that drive IL-1β production in the intervertebral disc, are what this study investigated (Song Y, et.al., 2017). The researchers especially wanted to find out what was driving the IL-1beta production in the nucleus pulposus cells which...
Read more