Electroacupuncture Improves Insulin Resistance by Reducing Neuroprotein Y/Agouti-Related Protein Levels and Inhibiting Expression of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B in Diet-induced Obese Rats

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 58-64

  Liu, Xia ^a   He, Jun Feng ^a,b   Qu, Ya Ting ^a   Liu, Zhi Jun ^a   Pu, Qing Yang ^a   Guo, Sheng Tong ^a   Du, Jia ^a   Jiang, Peng Fei ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Diet induced obese rats; Homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index; Neuroprotein Y agouti related protein; Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; INSULIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1B; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADIPOCYTE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FECES; HAIR; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 1; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84953286918     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2015.11.037     Document Type: Article

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