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REGULATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE GENE EXPRESSION USING SPECIFIC AND SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTROMAGENETIC SIGNALS
REGULATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE GENE EXPRESSION USING SPECIFIC AND SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTROMAGENETIC SIGNALS
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机译:使用特定的和选择性的电信号和电磁信号调节基质金属蛋白酶基因的表达
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Methods and devices for the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in cartilage cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals in the treatment of diseased or injured articular cartilage. By gene expression is meant the up-regulation or down-regulation of the process whereby specific portions (genes) of the human genome (DNA) are transcribed into mRNA and subsequently translated into protein. Methods and devices are provided for the targeted treatment of injured or diseased cartilage tissue that include generating specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals that generate fields optimized for reduction of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression and exposing cartilage tissue to the fields generated by specific and selective signals so as to regulate matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in such cartilage tissue. The resulting methods and devices are useful for the targeted treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cartilage injury, cartilage defects, and tumor metastasis.
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