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. 2019 Apr 15;11(4):2496–2506.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Vitamin D reduces oxidative stress in intervertebral discs. A. Results of protein expression of SOD-1 and SOD-2 in four groups was determined by Western blotting. β-Actin was used as an internal control. B. Results of mRNA expression of SOD-1, SOD-2, GPX1 and GPX3 in four groups were determined by real time PCR. (“*” means there is a statistical difference with the control group and “#” means there is a statistical difference with the vehicle group. N number is all 3. SOD-1: vehicle-control. P = 0.0000007; low dose-vehicle, P = 0.00017; high dose-vehicle, P = 0.00008. SOD-2: vehicle-control. P = 0.00004; low dose-vehicle, P = 0.0014; high dose-vehicle, P = 0.00007. GPX1: vehicle-control. P = 0.0000017; low dose-vehicle, P = 0.00015; high dose-vehicle, P = 0.00124. GPX3: vehicle-control. P = 0.0000007; low dose-vehicle, P = 0.00014; high dose-vehicle, P = 0.00005).