ADAMTS5	A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5
AF	Annulus fibrosus
AKT	Protein kinase B
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
ARRIVE	Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments
BAX	BCL2-associated X protein
BCA	Bicinchoninic acid
BCL-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CCK-8	Cell Counting Kit-8
COL2	Type II collagen
DAB	3,3′-Diaminobenzidine
DAPI	4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole
DHI	Disc height index
DMEM/F12	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium/Nutrient Mixture F-12
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ECL	Enhanced chemiluminescence
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
Gin-Rh2	Ginsenoside Rh2
GO	Gene Ontology
H&E	Hematoxylin and eosin
HRP	Horseradish peroxidase
IL-1β	Interleukin-1 beta
IVDD	Intervertebral disc degeneration
micro-CT	Micro-computed tomography
MMP3	Matrix metalloproteinase 3
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
NP	Nucleus pulposus
NPC	Nucleus pulposus cell
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PI	Propidium iodide
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIP3	Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate
PKA	Protein kinase A
PMSF	Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
PPI	Protein–protein interaction
PVDF	Polyvinylidene difluoride
RIPA	Radioimmunoprecipitation assay
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SD	Standard deviation
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
SO/FG	Safranin O/Fast Green
TBST	Tris-buffered saline containing Tween-20
TCM	Traditional Chinese medicine
TUNEL	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling