Acupuncture Modifies Immune Cells

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Sumino, Hiroyuki ^b   Kanda, Tsugiyasu ^c   Yamaguchi, Nobuo ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKASAKI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; complement; immunoglobulin; lymphocytes; macrophages; natural killer cells; neutrophils

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUPUNCTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77949304116     PISSN: 18783317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1878-3317(09)60006-1     Document Type: Review

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