Effect of electroacupuncture at neiguan (PC 6) and baihui (GV 20) on CHOP and caspase-12 gene expressions in rats after ischemia-reperfusion injury
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Effect of electroacupuncture at neiguan (PC 6) and baihui (GV 20) on CHOP and caspase-12 gene expressions in rats after ischemia-reperfusion injury
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2017), Li Wen-hui;Lin Ya-ping;Tan Xing;Song Yang.
Abstract
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), electroacupuncture (EA) has been regarded as an effective method in treating patients under cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). It was found that acupuncture can be an outside-signal to adjust genes related to apoptosis in ischemic reperfusion rats. Acupuncture can not only inhibit apoptosis-related genes but also promote protective genes after cerebral ischemic reperfusion. Neiguan (PC 6) and Baihui (GV 20) can promote the flow of qi and blood, unblock and activiate the meridians and collaterals, which is the principle acupuncture treatment for ischemic reperfusion. That is why those points were selected to discuss one of the protective mechanisms of EA in treated cerebral ischemic reperfusion. Therefore, our research is to observe the protective effects of EA through stimiulating Neiguan (PC 6) and Baihui (CV 20) points and to see whether one of the protective mechanisms of EA is related to apoptosis pathway of ERS through observing changes of CHOP and caspase-12 gene expressions in rats with cerebral ischemic reperfusion.
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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12/1/2018
Language
English|Chinese
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Journal Article
issn
1672-3597
issue
1
page end
13
page start
8
volume
15