Yellow Laser Stimulation at GV2 Acupoint Mitigates Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Motor Deficit in Spinal Cord Injury Rats

Table 3

Effect of laser acupuncture at GV2 on the alterations of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in spinal cord and serum.

Treatment	Spinal cord		Serum
	COX-2 (ng/dL)	IL-6 (pg/mL)	COX-2 (ng/dL)	IL-6 (pg/mL)
Naïve intact	17.94±0.54	0.41±0.08	17.24±0.89	0.05±0.31
Sham operation +sham acupuncture	18.75±1.53	0.41±0.11	18.59±1.63	0.05±0.02
SCI+sham acupuncture	28.64±1.5	1.60±0.6	27.40±1.3	0.21±0.0
SCI+laser acupuncture GV2	19.96±1.25^##	0.65±0.16	19.91±1.20^##	0.11±0.01

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, -value<.01 and .001 respectively; compared with naïve intact, -value< .01 and .001, respectively; compared with sham operation+ sham laser acupuncture, ^##P-value<.01; compared with SCI + sham laser acupuncture.