Isolation of genes involved in the preventive effect of electroacupuncture at fenglong acupoint (ST40) on hypercholesterolemia mice by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) combined with Negative Subtraction Chain (NSC) technology

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 233-246

  Li, Xingjie ^a   Zhang, Yizheng ^a   Yan, Wenqi ^a   Kang, Jinmei ^a   Kang, Yaoxia ^a   Li, Min ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Fenglong acupoint; Gene expression; Hypercholesterolemia; Negative subtraction chain; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 34250822368     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012906815844184     Document Type: Article

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