Supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Application Foundation Plan(No.2021YFS0039);the Project of Sichuan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine(No.2020LC0031);the foundation of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(No.YYZX2019039 and YYZX2019038)。
Chronic respiratory diseases(CRDs)are among the most common noncommunicable diseases globally,with high morbidity and mortality rates.Acupuncture,a treatment method derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine,has been s...
Microbes colonize the gastrointestinal tract are considered as highest complex ecosystem because of having diverse bacterial species and 150 times more genes as compared to the human genome.Imbalance or dysbiosis in g...
supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.30972766,31170852,81001322,81172795,81173048;the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Colleges and Universities,No.20094402110004
Interleukin-6 has been shown to be involved in nerve injury and nerve regeneration, but the effects of long-term administration of high concentrations of interleukin-6 on neurons in the central nervous system is poorl...
This work was supported by grants from the Military Twelfth Five-Year Plan and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30873077, No. 30971083) The authors declared no conflicts of interests.
Background The immunomodulatory effects of glucocorticoids (GCs) have been described as bimodal. High concentration of GCs exerts immunosuppressive effects and low levels of GCs are immunopermissive. While the immun...
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response representing the leading cause of death in critically ill patients,mostly due to multiple organ failure.The gastrointestinal tract plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of...
supported by grants from the National "Tenth-Five" Scientific & Technological Problem-Tackling Project(№:2004BA720A18-01);Social Welfare Foundation of Scientific Research Institutes of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology(№:2002DB40097)
Objective To investigate T cell activation following facial nerve axotomization and latent neuroimmunologic mechanisms in traumatic facial paralysis.Methods A murine model of facial nerve transaction was used.Lymphocy...
Supported by The grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No 30871840;No 30901057
AIM:To characterise expression of interleukin 6(IL-6),a potent proinflammatory cytokine,in the occurrence and development of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) and investigate its effect on neuroimmunomodulation and immu...
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy and immunological mechanism of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion for aging process. Method: The herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion was adopted for 223 cases to obse...
Project partially supported by NIDA 47392;the State University of New York Research Foundation
Top down central nervous system (CNS) influences on the immune system and bottom up immune system influences on the CNS take part in a complex feedforward and feedback loop which may be responsible for initiating even...
Experimental research has recently shown that acupuncture induces the formation of opioid-like peptides (OLPs) in animals. In order to provide further evidence, we tested the beta-endorphin levels and other parameters...