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ArticleEXCLI journal2017

Electro-acupuncture promotes the proliferation of neural stem cells and the survival of neurons by downregulating miR-449a in rat with spinal cord injury.

Yi Zhu, Yaochi Wu, Rong Zhang

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Article in EXCLI journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. MicroRNA in Acupuncture Studies: Does Small RNA Shed Light on the Biological Mechanism of Acupuncture?Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019
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  13. Modulation of Acupuncture on Cell Apoptosis and Autophagy.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yi ZhuDepartment of Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Tuina and Traumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yaochi WuDepartment of Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Tuina and Traumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Rong ZhangJinqiao Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital · CNCommunity Health Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanism of electro-acupuncture (EA) on the recovery of injured spinal cord. Rats were randomly divided into normal control, sham-operated, SCI, SCI+EA group and T10 segment spinal cord injury (SCI) rat model was established by the modified Allen's method. After 7 days, the mRNA and protein expression of Nestin, neuron specific nuclear protein (NeuN) and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) were detected by real time RT-PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry respectively. The protein expression of cleaved caspase 3, Bax, Bcl-2, TNF-α and IL-1β were also detected by Western blot. MicroRNA 449a (miR-449a) expression was also compared. Further, 12 SCI rats were randomly divided into EA and miR subgroups (EA + miR-449a agomir injection). The expression of Nestin, NeuN, CGRP, cleaved caspase 3, Bax, Bcl-2, TNF-α, IL-1β and miR-449a was compared. The direct interaction of miR-449a and CGRP mRNA was assessed by dual luciferase reporter assay. At day 7, compared with sham-operated group, miR-449a expression in SCI group was significantly increased (

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calcitonin gene related peptideelectro-acupuncturemiR-449aneuronspinal cord injury

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PMID28507480
PMCPMC5427477
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