Electroacupuncture pretreatment promotes angiogenesis via hypoxia-inducible factor 1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in a rat model of chronic myocardial ischemia.

Yimeng FuJia LiSong WuHua Wang

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2020)

EA pretreatment promotes protein expression of HIF-1α and VEGF in areas of ischemic myocardium, which may represent useful biomarkers for coronary collateral establishment and offer potential targets for therapeutic angiogenesis in patients with CMI.

Keyphrases

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