ArticleJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2024
Mechanism of acupuncture in attenuating cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion injury based on nuclear receptor coactivator 4 mediated ferritinophagy.
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- From Tradition to Innovation: Acupuncture Therapies Targeting Ferroptosis in Neurological Disorders.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Experimental Evidence on Acupuncture Targeting Ferroptosis for Neurological Function Improvement in Cerebral Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Acupuncture in Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: A Mechanistic Narrative Review of Innate Immune Sensing and Regulated Cell Death-Related Inflammatory Amplification.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- Analysis of the Correlation Between Cuproptosis and Instability of Atherosclerotic Plaques.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- The Crosstalk Between Ferritinophagy and Ferroptosis in Ischemic Stroke: Regulatory Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Acupuncture Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Damage After Delayed rtPA Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke by Regulating Ferroptosis.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Investigation of Ferroptosis Mechanisms in Ischemic Stroke Treated with Electroacupuncture: Focusing on the NCOA4-FTH1 Signaling Pathway.Neurochemical research · 2025Article
- Phospholipids and peroxisomes in ferroptosis: the therapeutic target of acupuncture regulating vascular cognitive impairment and dementia.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- Electroacupuncture to improve post-stroke cognitive function and modulate cerebral iron deposition: a randomized controlled trial protocol using MRI.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Effects of Huangqi Gancao Decoction on intestinal immunity and microbiota in immunocompromised mice models.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Does acute-phase acupuncture at Hegu (LI04) promote facial nerve regeneration and upregulation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway? A hypothesis-generating study in a rabbit crush injury model.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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objectiveTo explore the effect of acupuncture treatment on cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) and reveal the underlying mechanism of the effect based on nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4) mediated ferritinophagy.
methodsSprague-Dawley male rats were divided into four groups: the sham group, model group, acupuncture group, and sham acupuncture group. After 2 h of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), reperfusion was performed for 24 h to induce CIRI. The rats were treated with acupuncture at the Neiguan (PC6) and Shuigou (GV26) acupoints. Their neurological function was evaluated by taking their Bederson scores at 2 h after ischaemia and 24 h after reperfusion. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining was applied to assess the cerebral infarct volume at 24 h after reperfusion. The malondialdehyde (MDA) and ferrous iron (Fe
resultsAcupuncture significantly improved neurological function and decreased cerebral infarct volume in the acupuncture group. Following CIRI, the expression of NCOA4, LC3 and FTH1 was increased, which enhanced ferritinophagy and induced an inappropriate accumulation of Fe
conclusionsAcupuncture can inhibit NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy and protect neurons against CIRI in a rat model.
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