Electroacupuncture inhibits weight gain in diet-induced obese rats by activating hypothalamicLKB1-AMPK signaling

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Jing ^a   Chen, Liang ^a,c   Tang, Lewei ^a,c   Chang, Le ^a   Liu, Si ^a   Tan, Jinfeng ^a   Chen, Yinglong ^b   Ren, Yulan ^a   Liang, Fanrong ^a   Cui, Jin ^b  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUIYANG COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ACC; AMPK; Electroacupuncture; LKB1; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE 5' MONOPHOSPHATE ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE ALPHA1; ADENOSINE 5' MONOPHOSPHATE ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE ALPHA2; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; STK11 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84933052277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0667-7     Document Type: Article

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