Acupuncture Targeting SIRT1 in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Can Improve Obesity in High-Fat-Diet-Induced Rats with Insulin Resistance via an Anorectic Effect

Objective: To investigate the anorexigenic and anti-obesity effectiveness of electroacupuncture (EA) on high-fat-diet-induced (HFDI) obese rats with insulin resistance (IR) and to reveal the possible mechanisms of EA affecting SIRT1 (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1) in the cent...

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Main Authors: Qing Shu, Li Chen, Song Wu, Jia Li, Jianmin Liu, Ling Xiao, Rui Chen, Fengxia Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-01-01
Series:Obesity Facts
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/503752