Effects of electro-acupuncture on ovarian P450arom, P450c17α and mRNA expression induced by letrozole in PCOS rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Jie ^a   Jin, Chunlan ^c   Wu, Huangan ^b   Zhao, Jimeng ^a   Cui, Yunhua ^b   Liu, Huirong ^b   Wu, Lingxiang ^b   Shi, Yin ^a,b   Zhu, Bing ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture Moxibustion and Meridian   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRILES; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84894165137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079382     Document Type: Article

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