Effects of electroacupuncture pretreatment on inflammatory response and acute kidney injury in endotoxaemic rats

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1783-1797

  Gu, G ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Wang, Guonian ^a   Han, F ^a   Han, L ^a   Wang, K ^a   Liu, J ^a   Li, W ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute Kidney Injury; Cytokine; Electroacupuncture; Inflammatory Response; Lipopolysaccharide; Nitrite; Nuclear Factor kB; Rats

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; UPREGULATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80155172869     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900521     Document Type: Article

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