Efficacy and mechanism of Wuzi Yanzong pill on the prevention and treatment of EAE.

Objective: Studies have shown that Wuzi Yanzong Pill (WYP) can be used to treat neurological diseases, but its mechanisms for multiple sclerosis (MS) remain unclear. This study aims to determine the effect of WYP on MS in an animal model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), and explore its mechanism. To provide theoretical basis for the clinical treatment of MS with WYP.

Acupuncture on GB34 for immediate analgesia and regulating pain-related anxiety for patients with biliary colic: a protocol of randomized controlled trial.

Background: Biliary colic (BC) is a frequent hepatobiliary disorder encountered in emergency departments. Acupuncture may be effective as an alternative and complementary medicine for BC. Nonetheless, rigorous trials investigating its efficacy are lacking.

Wuzi Yanzong Pill Plays A Neuroprotective Role in Parkinson's Disease Mice via Regulating Unfolded Protein Response Mediated by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress.

Objective: To investigate the protective effects and its possible mechanism of Wuzi Yanzong Pill (WYP) on Parkinson's disease (PD) model mice.

Methods: Thirty-six C57BL/6 male mice were randomly assigned to 3 groups including normal, PD, and PD+WYP groups, 12 mice in each group. One week of intraperitoneal injection of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) was used to establish the classical PD model in mice.

Acupuncture for emotional disorders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Emotional disorders are often observed in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD with emotional disorders leads to poor quality of life. This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with IBD with emotional disorders.

Therapeutic effects and central mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion for treating functional dyspepsia: study protocol for an fMRI-based randomized controlled trial.

Background: Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders, with a high prevalence and significant influence on the quality of life (QoL). Either acupuncture or moxibustion is effective for dyspepsia, which is confirmed by both ancient documents and modern research. However, the therapeutic advantage and underlying mechanism between acupuncture and moxibustion for FD remain unclear.

Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for angina pectoris: An overview of systematic reviews.

Background: The number of systematic reviews meta-analyses (SRs/MAs) on the effectiveness of acupuncture for angina pectoris (AP) is increasing. Due to the inconsistent conclusions and unknown quality of these SRs/MAs, this overview aimed to systematically evaluate and synthesize the existing SRs/MAs, attempting to provide more reliable evidence for the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of AP.

Methods: SRs/MAs were searched via eight databases from inception to March 14, 2022.

Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment of Migraine Delivered by Senior or Junior Acupuncturists: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Acupuncture is an efficacious and safe treatment choice for migraine prevention. Results from clinical trials have shown that non-specific effects play an important role in acupuncture's efficacy. To date, however, there is no evidence available quantitatively evaluating the effect of non-specific effects, such as patients' expectations and beliefs for acupuncturists, on acupuncture efficacy, necessitating further exploration.

Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Previous reviews have suggested that the effectiveness of acupuncture for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not well been demonstrated due to the limited randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In recent years, the growing research on acupuncture for IBD make it possible to conduct a further systematic review and synthesise more sufficient clinical data to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for IBD.

Methods And Analysis: Nine electronic databases without language restriction will be retrieved from inception to March 2021, including the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Ovid, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, the Chongqing Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database and Wanfang Database.

[Review on characteristics of acupuncture-activated network regulatory effect based on brain connectomics].

The network analysis method based on brain connectomics is an important entry point to explore the working mechanism of brain and is also the current trend of researches on acupuncture stimulation-induced changes of neuroimages. We, in the present review, summarized the common network analysis methods for exploring the underlying mechanisms of brain network-mediated regulatory effects of acupuncture interventions. Moreover, combining the current research development and our team's previous research findings, we extracted the characteristics of targeting, conditionity and dynamic of regulatory effects of acupuncture-activated brain network, and put forward our prospects about the future research from the aspects of new scanning modes (for instance, multimodal data acquisition of magnetic resonance, electroencephalogram, near infrared spectrum, etc.

The cerebral mechanism underlying the acupoints with specific effect for gallbladder stone disease: protocol for a randomized controlled task-fMRI trial.

Background: As it has been recorded in ancient Chinese classics, Yanglingquan (GB34) and Dannangxue (EX-LE6) are two important acupoints that can regulate the function of the gallbladder. Acupuncture at these two acupoints is considered particularly effective for gallbladder disease treatment, especially for alleviating gallbladder stone disease (GSD) symptoms that can be aggravated after intaking high-fat food. However, the superior effect between the two acupoints still needs to be further explored, as well as the underlying central mechanism has never been investigated to date.

[Acupuncture combined with opioid drugs on moderate and severe cancer pain: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To explore the clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with opioid drugs on moderate and severe cancer pain.

Methods: A total of 60 patients with cancer were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. Oxycodonehydrochloride prolonged-release tablet was taken orally in the control group.

Acupuncture for emotional disorders in patients with migraine: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Migraine is the second-leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. The high prevalence of migraine-related emotional disorders is often overlooked. Acupuncture is often used to treat both migraine and emotional disorders.

[Current Status of Researches on Brain-imaging Responses of Acupuncture Stimulation Based on Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging].

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture therapy attracts an increasing attention nowadays. In the present article, the authors make a brief analysis on the progresses of researches about the intra-brain responses of acupuncture stimulation following collecting original research papers with key words of "acupuncture","fMRI" and "magnetic resonance imaging" in PubMed and CNKI databases from January 2003 to December 2014. As a result, a total of 253 original research articles were collected.

[Effect of Moxibustion Stimulation of "Feishu" (BL 13) and "Xinshu" (BL 15) on Expression of Myocardial MyD 88 Protein and Caspase 3 mRNA in Chronic Heart Failure Rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of moxibustion stimulation of "Feishu" (BL 13) and "Xinshu" (BL 15) on pathological changes of myocardium and the expression of myocardial myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD 88) protein and Caspase 3 mRNA in chronic heart failure (CHF) rats, so as to explore its mechanism underlying improvement of CHF.

Methods: SD male rats were randomly divided into normal (=9), model (=8), moxibustion (=8), medication (=8) and moxibustion + medication (=8) groups. In addition, the other 6 rats (3/normal and 3/model groups) were used for measuring cardiac ventricle weight and H.

Cerebral mechanism of puncturing at He-Mu point combination for functional dyspepsia: study protocol for a randomized controlled parallel trial.

Acupuncture is widely used to treat functional dyspepsia with satisfactory outcomes. Combination of the He and Mu acupoints is commonly used and has a synergistic effect on functional dyspepsia; however, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, a randomized controlled parallel clinical trial is currently underway at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.

FlrA Represses Transcription of the Biofilm-Associated bpfA Operon in Shewanella putrefaciens.

Unlabelled: Manipulation of biofilm formation in Shewanella is beneficial for application to industrial and environmental biotechnology. BpfA is an adhesin largely responsible for biofilm formation in many Shewanella species. However, the mechanism underlying BpfA production and the resulting biofilm remains vaguely understood.

[Diagnostic value and influencing factors for amplitude-integrated EEG in brain injury in preterm infants].

Objective: To study the diagnostic value and influencing factors for amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) in brain injury in preterm infants.

Methods: One hundred and sixteen preterm infants with a gestational age (GA) between 27 weeks and 36(+6) weeks were enrolled as subjects. The aEEG scores of all preterm infants were obtained within 6 hours after birth.