Acupuncture Reduces Hypertrophy and Cardiac Fibrosis, and Improves Heart Function in Mice with Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.

Yumei YeYochai BirnbaumSteven G WidenZhaohui ZhangShipeng ZhuMandeep BajajHuan Chen

Published in: Cardiovascular drugs and therapy (2020)

EA reduced serum glucose; prevented DM-induced hypertrophy and deterioration of systolic function, inflammation, and fibrosis; and restored IGF1R, P-Akt, and P-AMPK levels in mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Keyphrases

heart failure
left ventricular
high fat diet induced
oxidative stress
blood pressure
type diabetes
diabetic rats
signaling pathway
cell proliferation
skeletal muscle
high glucose
metabolic syndrome
wild type
binding protein
wound healing