The role of the sympathetic nervous system in moxibustion-induced immunomodulation in rats
The role of the sympathetic nervous system in moxibustion-induced immunomodulation in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/s0165-5728(03)00211-x
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发表时间:
2003-07-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Min, BI
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作者:
Han, JB;Oh, SD;Min, BI
The effects of chemical sympathectomy on moxibustion-induced changes in splenic natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity, T and B cell proliferation were studied. Direct moxibustion was applied to the unilateral Zusanli region. NK cell cytotoxicity was suppressed by moxibustion in both vehicle-treated rats and sympathectomized rats. T cell proliferation was not affected by moxibustion. B cell proliferation showed no significant change in vehicle-treated rats, but an increase was seen in sympathectomized rats treated with moxibustion. Sympathectomy alone induced an augmentation of NK cell cytotoxicity and a suppression of T cell proliferation. These results suggest that the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) has no significant role in the mechanism of moxibustion-induced immunomodulation. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.