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KMID : 0364320160410040025
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Journal of East-West Medicine
2016 Volume.41 No. 4 p.25 ~ p.29
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The Review on electroacupuncture effect on insulin resistance and possibility about diabetes mellitus
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Lee Seul-Gi
Lee Bong-Hyo
Kim Young-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives： Acupuncture, one of the traditional clinical methods, is useful therapy for diabetes mellitus. The aim of this report is acupuncture is also effective in curing insulin resistance.
Methods：We searched research and review articles using keywords of `acupuncture`, `insulin resistance`, `rat` in Pubmed and reviewed.
Results and Conclusions： 1. Among the research and review paper, we select proper 4 articles. 2. All papers that we found were associated with insulin pathway and glucose transporter type 4(GLUT4). Electroacupuncture decreased insulin resistance and increased expression of GLUT4. 3. Electroacupuncture was effective for glucose decrease by activating insulin signaling pathway.
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KEYWORD
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Electroacupuncture, insulin, GLUT4, diabetes mellitus
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