Molecular basis for cold-intolerant yang-deficient constitution of traditional chinese medicine

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 827-834

  Wang, Qi ^a   Yao, Shilin ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Balanced Constitution; Classification; Constitutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Gene Expression Profiles; Microarray; Yang Deficient Constitution

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; THERMOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 57349190090     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08006272     Document Type: Article

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