Epiregulin is released from intervertebral disks and induces spontaneous activity in pain pathways

Abstract. Introduction:. Lumbar radicular pain after disk herniation is associated with local release of many inflammatory molecules from nucleus pulposus (NP) cells leaking out of the intervertebral disk. Here, we have used a rat model to investigate the role of epiregulin (EREG), a member of the e...

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Main Authors: Mette Kongstorp, Tiril Schjølberg, Daniel Pitz Jacobsen, Fred Haugen, Johannes Gjerstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-04-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000718