Pre-treatment of acupuncture stimulation of ST36 (Zusanli) significantly attenuates CAT-2, CAT-2B and GTPCH transcription in septic rat lungs

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Lao, Hsuan Chih ^a   Huang, Chin Liang ^b   Tsai, Pei Shan ^c   Ping, Yan Li ^b   Ze, Xu Heng ^b   Huang, Chun Jen ^a,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Graduate Institute of Medical Science   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture points; Cationic Amino Acid Transporter 2; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Lung; Nitric oxide synthase; Rats; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; LUNG; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HEART RATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33745607582     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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