Research Article
Manual Acupuncture at ST37 Modulates TRPV1 in Rats with Acute Visceral Hyperalgesia via Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway
Figure 5
Effects of MA stimulation on NGF, TrkA, PI3K, TRPV1, and p-Akt protein expressions in the colons of rats with acute visceral hyperalgesia. Representative blots for NGF, TrkA, PI3K, TRPV1, p-Akt, and densitometry analyses were performed (a–e). To confirm equal sample loading, β-actin was used for normalization (the level of the p-Akt was counted by the ratio of p-Akt/Akt). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 6 for each group. vs. model group; vs. ST37 group; vs. ST37 + IGF-1 group).
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