[Study on the underlying autonomic nervous mechanism of electroacupuncture in improving colonic inflammation in mice with chronic ulcerative colitis].
EA at ST25 can effectively alleviate the inflammatory lesions and down-regulate the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in UC mice, which may be related to the activation of segmental sympathetic and/or sacral parasympathetic nervous innervating the colon, instead of the activation of descending vagal nerves.
Authors
- Zhengyang Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-5241)
- Zhiyun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5944-4429)
- Min Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4883-4189)
- Ye Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3909-0985)
- Xiaoyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-1275)
- Xiaoyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5259-7038)
- Xianghong Jing
- Tong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6087-669X)
- Yang‐Shuai Su
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-05-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.13702/j.1000-0607.20240415
- Primary Topic
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Type
- article