PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 27787519-8 2016 In addition, metformin was shown to promote the expression of anabolic genes such as Col2a1 and Acan expression while inhibiting the expression of catabolic genes such as Mmp3 and Adamts5 in nucleus pulposus cells. Metformin 13-22 aggrecan Rattus norvegicus 96-100