The effect of electroacupuncture on T cell responses in rats with experimental autoimmune encephalitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Liu, Yu mei ^a   Liu, Xi jun ^a   Bai, Sha Sha ^a   Mu, Li li ^a   Kong, Qing fei ^a   Sun, Bo ^a   Wang, Dan dan ^a   Wang, Jing hua ^a   Shu, Shi ^a   Wang, Guang you ^a   Li, Hu lun ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture (EA); Experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE); Helper T cell (Th cell); ST36 acupoint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649186398     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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