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From: Proper mechanical stress promotes femoral head recovery from steroid-induced osteonecrosis in rats through the OPG/RANK/RANKL system

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Proper mechanical stress promotes bone recovery from steroid-induced ONFH in rats. a-b, Micro CT diagnosis was performed to determine the parameters of trabecular in the cancellous bone of the femoral head between the normal and model groups; c, HE staining was performed to determine the morphology changes in the femoral head; d, immunohistochemistry was performed to determine VEGF, Bcl-2 and caspase-3 expression in the femoral head; e, TUNEL was performed to determine the apoptosis rate of cells in femoral head tissues. Data are expressed as mean ± SD; two-way ANOVA and Tukey’s multiple comparisons test was used to determine statistical significance; *p < 0.05; Replicates = 3, n = 5 in each group

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