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ArticleBioengineered2021

High-frequency electroacupuncture improves endometrial receptivity via regulating cell adhesion molecules and leukemia inhibitory factor / signal transducer and activator of transcription signaling pathway.

Fang You, Xin Du, Taiwei Zhang, Yang Wang, Yuxia Lv, Li Zeng

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Article in Bioengineered, 2021. 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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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Fang YouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Second Clinical College, Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Xin DuReproductive Centre,Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Taiwei ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,The First Clinical College, Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Yang WangReproductive Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yuxia LvDepartment of Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China.
Li ZengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Second Clinical College, Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Guizhou University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNHubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital · CNQingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) impairs the endometrium receptivity during the implantation window, resulting in a lower clinical pregnancy rate and a higher abortion rate. Our study explored the effect of electroacupuncture on the endometrial receptivity of COH rats. Female rats were randomly divided into normal treatment (Normal), model treatment (Model), low-frequency electroacupuncture treatment (LF-EA) and high-frequency electroacupuncture treatment (HF-EA). Rats in the Model, LF-EA, and HF-EA treatment groups were injected with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) to establish a model of COH rats. Compared with the Normal, the endometrial thickness, the number of pinopodes and amount of blastocyst implantation in the Model group were significantly reduced. Among them, the endometrial thickness and the amount of blastocyst implantation in the Model group were substantially decreased than those in the HF-EA group. High-frequency electroacupuncture treatment could markedly reduce the protein expression levels of E-cadherin, β-catenin and claudin-1 (CLDN1). During HF-EA treatment, the LIF/STAT3 signaling pathway of COH rats was enhanced. In conclusion, electroacupuncture could improve the endometrium receptivity and promote the blastocyst implantation in COH rats by reducing cell adhesion molecules and enhancing the LIF/STAT3 signaling pathway.

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ElectroacupunctureSignal TransductionAnimalsbeta CateninBlastocystCadherinsCell Adhesion MoleculesCell MembraneClaudinsElectric CapacitanceEmbryo ImplantationEndometriumFemaleLeukemia Inhibitory FactorRatsRats, Sprague-Dawleybeta CateninCadherinsCell Adhesion MoleculesClaudinsLeukemia Inhibitory FactorSTAT Transcription FactorsElectroacupunctureendometrial receptivityLIF/STAT3 signaling pathway

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PMID34898339
PMCPMC8810124
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