Research Article

Electroacupuncture Upregulates HIF-1α and SOX9 Expression in Knee Osteoarthritis

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(a) Representative western blot analysis of p-P38, p-CREB, and MMP13 in cartilage from the three groups. The quantification analysis of (b) MMP13, (c) Adamts5, (d) Sox9, (e) HIF-1a, and (f) ACAN was conducted using SPSS software 26.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA) and normalized to β-actin. n = 8; data represent the mean ± standard error of the mean. , , , and .
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