ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
MicroRNA in Acupuncture Studies: Does Small RNA Shed Light on the Biological Mechanism of Acupuncture?
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Peripheral exosomal miRNAs as candidate molecular indicators associated with acupuncture at ST36 in an LPS-induced neuroinflammation model.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture alleviates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by targeting and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated cardiomyocyte pyroptosis via serum exosomal miR-22-3p.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Alterations of circulating exosomal microRNAs in an LPS-induced depression model of male mice: Potential role in the anti-depressive effects of acupuncture.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Chronic constipation and the brain-gut-microbiome axis: the role of 5-HT signaling and Traditional Chinese Medicine in pathophysiology and treatment.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of preemptive acupuncture on cognitive function of older patients after hip replacement: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Electro-acupuncture modulated miR-214 expression to prevent chondrocyte apoptosis and reduce pain by targeting BAX and TRPV4 in osteoarthritis rats.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024Article
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- Electroacupuncture of the Baihui and Shenting acupoints for vascular dementia in rats through the miR-81/IL-16/PSD-95 pathway.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Electroacupuncture Alleviates Neuropathic Pain through Regulating miR-206-3p Targeting BDNF after CCI.Neural plasticity · 2022Article
- Acupuncture therapy protects PCOS patients with diabetes by regulating miR-32-3p/PLA2G4A pathway.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
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Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are the main regulators of diverse physiological processes. Recently, miRNAs have emerged as significant players related to the effect of acupuncture although the biological mechanisms connecting the function of these miRNAs with the effect of acupuncture are not well understood. In animal models of various diseases, such as neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, myopathy, and pain, a number of miRNAs were altered after administration of electroacupuncture or manual acupuncture. Nonetheless, there are a limited number of studies published so far. This paper reviewed and discussed whether miRNAs could elucidate potential biological mechanism of acupuncture in the future studies.
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