Changes of metallothionein 1 and 3 mRNA levels with age in brain of senescence-accelerated mice and the effects of acupuncture

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-447

  Wen, Tingyi ^a,b   Fan, Xiaonong ^b   Li, Mingchun ^a   Han, Jingxian ^b   Shi, Xuemin ^b   Xing, Laijun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Aging; Metallothionein 1; Metallothionein 3; mRNA expression level; Senescence accelerated mice

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN III;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENESCENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33646698811     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X06003977     Document Type: Article

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