Electroacupuncture Regulates Apoptosis/Proliferation of Intramuscular Interstitial Cells of Cajal and Restores Colonic Motility in Diabetic Constipation Rats

Table 1

Mean density of Kit⁺/TUNEL⁺ and Kit⁺/Ki67⁺ cells in the ICC-IM in the STZ-induced diabetic model.

	Control	DM	SEA	LEA	HEA
Kit^+/TUNEL^+ cells (mm^−2)	1.0±0.7	19.0±2.4	18.3±2.1	4.0±1.4^∗	1.1±0.4^∗#
Kit^+/Ki67^+ cells (mm^−2)	3.8±0.8	0.8±0.4	0.7±0.5	11.9±1.0^∗	13.1±0.9^∗#

Data given as mean ± SEM.
∗Significantly different from the DM group (e.g., HEA versus DM) (𝑃<0.05).
#Significantly different from the LEA group (e.g., HEA versus LEA) (𝑃<0.05).