Objective.To evaluate the time-course effect of simvastatin on the gene expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), aggrecan, and collagen type II in rat IVD cells cultured in alginate bead.

• 目的：评估辛伐他汀对大鼠椎间盘细胞的骨形态发生蛋白-2 （BMP-2），软骨聚集蛋白聚糖，II型胶原基因表达的时效关系，这些细胞培养在藻酸盐里。