Improved mesenchymal stem cell survival in ischemic heart through electroacupuncture

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 573-581

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Jia, Xiao Hua ^a   Xu, Zhi Wei ^b   Ding, Fu Ping ^b   Zhou, Xin ^c   Fu, Hao ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Ou, Lai Liang ^a   Li, Zong Jin ^a   Kong, De Ling ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; electroacupuncture; mesenchymal stem cell; myocardial ischemia; Neiguan (PC6)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY REPERFUSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THORAX SURGERY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84881262486     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-012-1101-3     Document Type: Article

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