Modulated expression of genes associated with NO signal transduction contributes to the cholesterol-lowering effect of electro-acupuncture

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1175-1182

  Li, Ling ^a,b   Tan, Guang Hong ^b   Zhang, Yi Zheng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electro acupuncture; Hypercholesterolemia; Mt1; nNOS; NO signal transduction; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS; CDNA SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING EFFECTS; HEPATIC GENES; HEPATIC TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MT1; NNOS; REAL-TIME PCR; SERUM CHOLESTEROL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; SWITCH MECHANISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WESTERN BLOTS;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GLYCEROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MUS;

EID: 84862821481     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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