Trial reportBioMed research international2022
Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4), and Qihai (CV6) Acupoints Regulates Immune Function in Patients with Sepsis via the PD-1 Pathway.
Trial report in BioMed research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture improves anxiety and depression in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Revealing the biological mechanism of acupuncture in alleviating excessive inflammatory responses and organ damage in sepsis: a systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Study on the neuroimmune regulatory mechanism of electroacupuncture at Zusanli acupoint for postoperative intestinal paralysis after gastrointestinal surgery.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Ptgs2+ CPTC Function as a "Force-Immune Axis" by Responding to Acupuncture and Mediating M2 Macrophage Activation for Anti-Inflammatory Effects.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture stimulation improves pulmonary fibrosis by modulating ferroptosis in rats: multiscale analysis of transcriptome and proteome.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture at ST36/SP6 Restores Surgical Stress-Induced Impairment of Dendritic Cell Maturation via GR/GILZ Signaling in Mice.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2025Article
- Retracted: Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4), and Qihai (CV6) Acupoints Regulates Immune Function in Patients with Sepsis via the PD-1 Pathway.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- Application and Effectiveness of Chinese Medicine in Regulating Immune Checkpoint Pathways.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Electro-acupuncture reduced steatosis on MRI-PDFF in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized controlled pilot clinical trial.Chinese medicine · 2023Article
- Bioelectronic medicine for restoring autonomic balance in autoimmune diseases.Gut microbiota and integrative wellness · 2023Article
- The implication of targeting PD-1:PD-L1 pathway in treating sepsis through immunostimulatory and anti-inflammatory pathways.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Research progress on the immunomodulatory mechanism of acupuncture in tumor immune microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2024-03-20Computer-Aided Content or Computer-Generated Content · Concerns/Issues about Data · Concerns/Issues about Referencing/Attributions · Concerns/Issues about Results and/or Conclusions · Concerns/Issues about Peer Review · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Investigation by Third Party · Paper Mill · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: The present study is aimed at investigating the biochemical and clinical effects of electroacupuncture in patients with sepsis. Methods: Patients with sepsis treated at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine from July 2019 to December 2020 were included. Patients were randomly assigned to treatment with routine Western medicine (WM group) or treatment with Western medicine plus electroacupuncture based on Western medicine (EA group). Indices associated with immune function and clinical efficacy were determined before and at 3 and 5 days after treatment. Indicators of immune function included the percentage of T lymphocyte subsets, natural killer (NK) cells, and soluble programmed death protein 1 (sPD-1) levels. Indicators of clinical efficacy included infection-related indicators in whole blood; levels of tumor necrosis factor- Results: Baseline data were not different between WM ( Conclusion: Electroacupuncture may regulate the immune function of patients with sepsis through the PD-1 pathway to achieve an anti-inflammatory state and improve clinical symptoms.
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