Electroacupuncture relieves irritable bowel syndrome by increasing expression of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain protein-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 6 in water-avoidance stress mice.

CONCLUSION: Our study found that the relief of IBS symptoms by EA may involve the increase in the expression of NLRP6 in WAS mice.
PMID: 32506854 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine - May 31, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Song Y, Geng H, Chen L, Wu X, Yuan M, Sun J, Pei L, Xu W, Guo J Tags: J Tradit Chin Med Source Type: research