Signal Transduction Pathways of Acupuncture for Treating Some Nervous System Diseases.
Hsiang-Chun LaiQwang-Yuen ChangChing-Liang HsiehPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2019)
In this article, we review signal transduction pathways through which acupuncture treats nervous system diseases. We electronically searched the databases, including PubMed, MEDLINE, clinical Key, the Cochrane Library, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure from their inception to December 2018 using the following MeSH headings and keywords alone or in varied combination: acupuncture, molecular, signal transduction, genetic, cerebral ischemic injury, cerebral hemorrhagic injury, stroke, epilepsy, seizure, depression, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, vascular dementia, and Parkinson's disease. Acupuncture treats nervous system diseases by increasing the brain-derived neurotrophic factor level and involves multiple signal pathways, including p38 MAPKs, Raf/MAPK/ERK 1/2, TLR4/ERK, PI3K/AKT, AC/cAMP/PKA, ASK1-JNK/p38, and downstream CREB, JNK, m-TOR, NF-κB, and Bcl-2/Bax balance. Acupuncture affects synaptic plasticity, causes an increase in neurotrophic factors, and results in neuroprotection, cell proliferation, antiapoptosis, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammation, and maintenance of the blood-brain barrier.
Keyphrases
- pi k akt
- signaling pathway
- cell proliferation
- induced apoptosis
- cell cycle arrest
- cerebral ischemia
- mild cognitive impairment
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- oxidative stress
- healthcare
- atrial fibrillation
- cognitive impairment
- brain injury
- cell death
- depressive symptoms
- immune response
- toll like receptor
- quality improvement
- inflammatory response
- cognitive decline
- deep learning
- machine learning
- sleep quality
- dna methylation
- copy number