Research Paper Volume 15, Issue 23 pp 13693—13709

The antioxidant Glycitin protects against intervertebral disc degeneration through antagonizing inflammation and oxidative stress in nucleus pulposus cells

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Figure 4. Glycitin alleviated TNF-α-induced oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in HNPCs. (A, B) JC-1 assay was applied to detect the mitochondrial membrane potential of human NP cells in every group (n=3). Scale bar: 100μm. (C, D) ROS levels of human NP cells were detected with DCFDA (n=3). Scale bar: 100 μm. The values shown represent the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05 vs. control group.