This revealed a miR-96-5p inhibitor caused a significant increase of PPARγ expression at mRNA and protein levels compared with the IDD cell model (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), but knockdown of PPARγ partially reversed this (Fig. 6A-C, P < 0.05, P < 0.05). Here, PPARG is linked to intervertebral disk degenerative disorder.