Enhancement of splenic interferon-γ, interleukin-2, and NK cytotoxicity by S36 acupoint acupuncture in F344 rats

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Yu, Ying ^a   Kasahara, Takako ^a   Sato, Takao ^a   Guo, Shi Yu ^a   Liu, Yan Qing ^a   Asano, Kazuhito ^a   Hisamitsu, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Interferon ; Interleukin 2; Natural killer cytotoxicity; Tsusanli (S36) point

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031008111     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.173     Document Type: Article

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