Revealing acupuncture meridian-like system by reactive oxygen species visualization |
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Authors: | Jingke Guo |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, 523 Gongye Road, Fuzhou, Fujian, China |
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Abstract: | To investigate the reactive oxygen species (ROS) distribution in living animal tissues, two ROS indicators, dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFH-DA) and MitoSOX™ Red were applied to visualize ROS on the frontal interior abdominal wall of living SD-rats by tail vein injection and local smearing respectively. Revealed was an unexpected ROS distribution pattern. ROS were demonstrated in a few vertical fluorescent lines, which related to neither veins nor nerves but could be almost perfectly superimposable on a standard human acupuncture meridian network. The phenomenon that cells with high ROS content should be aligned in a regular manner is interesting as well as its resemblance to meridian system. |
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Keywords: | Reactive oxygen species Acupuncture meridian Dichlorofluorescin diacetate MitoSOX&trade Red |
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