Effects of Electroacupuncture on PGC-1α Expression in Brown Adipose Tissue

The inducible coactivator PGC-1α plays master regulator in mitochondrial biogenesis and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissues (BATs). BAT is a natural antiobesity organ which dissipates chemical energy in the form of heat through specialized mitochondrial protein UCP-1. Eletroacupuncture (EA) has b...

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Main Authors: Du, Hongyin, Zhou, Cuisong, Wu, Hui, Shan, Tianyue, Wu, Zhenjue, Xu, Bin, Zhang, Yubin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892755/