Electroacupuncture at the ST36 acupoint increases interleukin-4 responsiveness in macrophages, generation of alternatively activated macrophages and susceptibility to Leishmania major infection

BACKGROUND: Electroacupuncture (EA) has been used to treat inflammatory diseases. Alternatively activated macrophages (AAMo) stimulated by cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-10 and IL-13 are anti-inflammatory and mildly microbicidal. This study aimed to evaluate whether EA at the Zusanli acupo...

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Autores principales: Aguiar, Danillo N, Silva, Mayara M, Parreira, Walki V, Tome, Fernanda D, Batista, Lucas F, Gomes, Clayson M, Oliveira, Milton AP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22838729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8546-7-17

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