Acupuncture in a Rat Model of Asthma

A high platform can fix rats without restriction and completely expose the acupoints on the back during acupuncture manipulation. This article describes ...

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture has long been used for asthma treatment but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Previous study showed that metallothionein-2 (MT-2) was significantly decreased in asthmatic lung tissue. However, the relationship between acupuncture treatment and MT-2 expression during asthma is still unknown, and the detailed effect analysis of MT-2 on phosphorylation in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) is also unclear.

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