Biological Values of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Biological Values of
Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine: Impact
on the Life Science
Guest Editors: Yong Qing Yang, Chen Yan, Chris J. Branford-White,
and Xiang-Yu Hou
Biological Values of Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine: Impact on the Life Science
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Biological Values of Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine: Impact on the Life Science
Guest Editors: Yong Qing Yang, Chen Yan,
Chris J. Branford-White, and Xiang-Yu Hou
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Contents
BiologicalValuesofAcupunctureandChineseHerbalMedicine:ImpactontheLifeScience,
YongQingYang,ChenYan,ChrisJ.Branford-White,andXiang-YuHou
Volume2014,ArticleID593921,2pages
MicroarrayAnalysisofmRNAandMicroRNAExpressionProfileRevealstheRoleof
𝛽-Sitosterol-D-glucosideintheProliferationofNeuralStemCell,Li-huaJiang,Nian-yunYang,
Xiao-linYuan,Yi-jieZou,Ze-qunJiang,Feng-mingZhao,Jian-pingChen,Ming-yanWang,
andDa-xiangLu
Volume2013,ArticleID360302,12pages
ExploringPotentialChemicalTransformationbyChemicalProfilingApproachforRapidlyEvaluating
ChemicalConsistencybetweenSun-DriedandSulfur-FumigatedRadixPaeoniaeAlbaUsing
UltraperformanceLiquidChromatographyCoupledwithTime-of-FlightMassSpectrometry,
JidaZhang,HaoCai,GangCao,XiaoLiu,ChengpingWen,andYongshengFan
Volume2013,ArticleID763213,9pages
ExtractsofTripterygiumwilfordiiHookFintheTreatmentofRheumatoidArthritis:ASystemicReview
andMeta-AnalysisofRandomisedControlledTrials,YafeiLiu,ShenghaoTu,WeinaGao,YuWang,
PeilinLiu,YonghongHu,andHuiDong
Volume2013,ArticleID410793,11pages
Electroacupuncture-InducedNeuroprotectionagainstCerebralIschemiainRats:RoleoftheDopamine
D2Receptor,Ming-ShuXu,Shu-JingZhang,DanZhao,Cheng-YongLiu,Chang-ZhiLi,Chun-YanChen,
Li-HuiLi,Ming-ZheLi,JiaXu,andLin-BaoGe
Volume2013,ArticleID137631,10pages
TheResearchofAcupunctureEffectiveBiomolecules:RetrospectandProspect,YuWang,Lei-MiaoYin,
Yu-DongXu,Yan-YanLui,JunRan,andYong-QingYang
Volume2013,ArticleID608026,6pages
PostischemicLong-TermTreatmentwithQiangliTianmaDuzhongCapsuleImprovesBrainFunctional
RecoveryviatheImprovementofHemorrheologyandtheInhibitionofPlateletAggregationinaRat
ModelofFocalCerebralIschemia,Li-ZhiHong,Wei-weiGu,YongNi,MinXu,LeiYang,Yan-LiLiu,
Shi-LingYang,QiangZhou,Xiu-MeiGao,andHui-LingZhang
Volume2013,ArticleID795365,12pages
TheEffectsofAcupunctureonBladderInterstitialCellsofCajalExcitabilityinRatswithOveractive
Bladder,Qi-fanFeng,Yuen-haoHou,Wen-guangHou,Zhi-xianLin,Kang-minTang,andYue-laiChen
Volume2013,ArticleID261217,10pages
AcupunctureandMoxibustionforInflammatoryBowelDiseases:ASystematicReviewand
Meta-AnalysisofRandomizedControlledTrials,JunJi,YuanLu,HuirongLiu,HuiFeng,FuqingZhang,
LuyiWu,YunhuaCui,andHuanganWu
Volume2013,ArticleID158352,11pages
GeneExpressionProfilesatMoxibustionedSite(ST36):AMicroarrayAnalysis,Hai-YanYin,YongTang,
Sheng-FengLu,LingLuo,Jia-PingWang,Xu-GuangLiu,andShu-GuangYu
Volume2013,ArticleID890579,7pages
EffectofElectroacupunctureInterventiononExpressionofCGRP,SP,COX-1,andPGE2ofDorsal
PortionoftheCervicalSpinalCordinRatswithNeck-IncisionPain,Li-naQiao,Jun-yingWang,
Yong-shengYang,Shu-pingChen,Yong-huiGao,Jian-liangZhang,andJun-lingLiu
Volume2013,ArticleID294091,9pages
RolesofChlorogenicAcidonRegulatingGlucoseandLipidsMetabolism:AReview,ShengxiMeng,
JianmeiCao,QinFeng,JinghuaPeng,andYiyangHu
Volume2013,ArticleID801457,11pages
SpecificityofSensoryandMotorNeuronsAssociatedwithBL40andGB30intheRat:ADual
FluorescentLabelingStudy,JingjingCui,LijuanHa,XinlongZhu,FuchunWang,XianghongJing,
andWanzhuBai
Volume2013,ArticleID643403,6pages
SpecificLinkbetweenLungandLargeIntestine:ANewPerspectiveonNeuropeptideSecretioninLung
withHerbalLaxativeStimulation,Xiang-GenZhong,Feng-JieZheng,Yu-HangLi,HongXu,QianWang,
Yu-ChaoLiu,MiaoLiu,Ruo-HanWu,Yu-ShanGao,Shu-JingZhang,Jin-ChaoZhang,Tian-YuZhang,
andSi-HuaGao
Volume2013,ArticleID547837,9pages
EffectsofAcupunctureon1-Chloro-2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene-InducedAtopicDermatitis,Ji-YeunPark,
Hi-JoonPark,YouYeonChoi,MiHyeKim,Seung-NamKim,andWoongMoYang
Volume2013,ArticleID982095,8pages
MechanismsUnderlyingtheAntiproliferativeandProdifferentiativeEffectsofPsoralenonAdult
NeuralStemCellsviaDNAMicroarray,YouNing,Jian-HuaHuang,Shi-JinXia,QinBian,YangChen,
Xin-MinZhang,Jing-ChengDong,andZi-YinShen
Volume2013,ArticleID452948,15pages
BiofeedbackTherapyCombinedwithTraditionalChineseMedicinePrescriptionImprovesthe
Symptoms,SurfaceMyoelectricity,andAnalCanalPressureofthePatientswithSpleenDeficiency
Constipation,Yi-BoYao,Yong-QingCao,Xiu-TianGuo,JinYi,Hong-TaoLiang,ChenWang,
andJin-GenLu
Volume2013,ArticleID830714,7pages
MoxibustionInhibitstheERKSignalingPathwayandIntestinalFibrosisinRatswithCrohn’sDisease,
XiaomeiWang,YuanLu,LuyiWu,ChenZhao,ChunbinSong,ShuguangYu,BaixiaoZhao,TianpingZhao,
HuirongLiu,ChuanziDou,YingyingZhang,andHuanganWu
Volume2013,ArticleID198282,12pages
AnInVivoandInVitroEvaluationoftheMutualInteractionsbetweentheLungandtheLarge
Intestine,Lei-MiaoYin,Guang-QuanZhang,Xing-KeYan,YuWang,Yu-DongXu,andYong-QingYang
Volume2013,ArticleID695641,9pages
LowFrequencyElectroacupunctureAlleviatedSpinalNerveLigationInducedMechanicalAllodyniaby
InhibitingTRPV1UpregulationinIpsilateralUndamagedDorsalRootGangliainRats,
Yong-LiangJiang,Xiao-HuYin,Ya-FangShen,Xiao-FenHe,andJian-QiaoFang
Volume2013,ArticleID170910,9pages
InhibitoryEffectsofPC-SPESIIHerbalExtractonHumanBreastCancerMetastasis,Xiu-FengWang,
JiaDu,Tian-LingZhang,Qian-MeiZhou,Yi-YuLu,HuiZhang,andShi-BingSu
Volume2013,ArticleID894386,11pages
TheEfficacyStudyonSiNiSanFreeze-DriedPowderonSleepPhaseinInsomniacandNormalRats,
YuefengLi,AngguoLiu,YingWang,andXingkeYan
Volume2013,ArticleID947075,6pages
ElectroacupunctureInhibitionofHyperalgesiainRatswithAdjuvantArthritis:Involvementof
CannabinoidReceptor1andDopamineReceptorSubtypesinStriatum,YinShou,YangYang,
Ming-ShuXu,Ying-QianZhao,Lin-BaoGe,andBi-MengZhang
Volume2013,ArticleID393460,10pages
EvaluationoftheWoundHealingPotentialofResinaDraconis(Dracaenacochinchinensis)in
AnimalModels,HuihuiLiu,ShaohuiLin,DanXiao,XiaoZheng,YanGu,andShanyuGuo
Volume2013,ArticleID709865,10pages
ChineseMedicineFormulaLingguizhuganDecoctionImprovesBeta-OxidationandMetabolismof
FattyAcidinHigh-Fat-Diet-InducedRatModelofFattyLiverDisease,TaoLiu,Li-LiYang,LuZou,
Dong-FeiLi,Hong-ZhuWen,Pei-YongZheng,Lian-JunXing,Hai-YanSong,Xu-DongTang,andGuangJi
Volume2013,ArticleID429738,9pages
AMeta-AnalysisofRandomizedControlledTrialsonAcupunctureforAmblyopia,XingkeYan,
TiantianZhu,ChongbingMa,AnguoLiu,LiliDong,andJunyanWang
Volume2013,ArticleID648054,6pages
InvestigationoftheEffectofRiceWineontheMetabolitesoftheMainComponentsofHerbalMedicine
inRatUrinebyUltrahigh-PerformanceLiquidChromatography-Quadrupole/Time-of-FlightMass
Spectrometry:ACaseStudyonCornusofficinalis,GangCao,HaoCai,XiankeYue,SicongTu,
BaochangCai,andZhiweiXu
Volume2013,ArticleID306712,10pages
Effectsof”BuShenHuoXueDecoction“ontheEndometrialMorphologyandExpressionofLeukaemia
InhibitoryFactorintheRatUterusduringtheOestrousCycle,XinGong,YanyanYu,QingTong,
YingRen,andZheJin
Volume2013,ArticleID496036,9pages
GanodermatsugaeExtractInhibitsGrowthofHER2-OverexpressingCancerCellsviaModulationof
HER2/PI3K/AktSignalingPathway,Han-PengKuo,Shih-ChungHsu,Chien-ChihOu,Jhy-WeiLi,
Hsiu-HsuehTseng,Tzu-ChaoChuang,Jah-YaoLiu,Shih-JungChen,Muh-HwanSu,Yung-ChiCheng,
Wei-YuanChou,andMing-ChingKao
Volume2013,ArticleID219472,12pages
Editorial
Biological Values of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine:
Impact on the Life Science
Yong-QingYang,1ChenYan,2ChrisJ.Branford-White,3andXiang-YuHou4
1ShanghaiResearchInstituteofAcupunctureandMeridian,YueyangHospital,ShanghaiUniversityofTraditionalChineseMedicine,
Shanghai201203,China
2CardiovascularResearchInstitute,UniversityofRochesterSchoolofMedicineandDentistry,Rochester,NY14642,USA
3InstituteforHealthResearchandPolicy,LondonMetropolitanUniversity,UK
4SchoolofPublicHealth,QueenslandUniversityofTechnology,VictoriaParkRoad,KelvinGrove,QLD4059,Australia
CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoYong-QingYang;[email protected]
Received19November2013;Accepted19November2013;Published12January2014
Copyright©2014Yong-QingYangetal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
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cited.
As treasures of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), issuecollects24originalresearcharticlesand4reviewsthat
acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have a history providetheclinicaloranimal-basedevidenceelucidatingthe
of more than 2,500 years and have achieved sound effects impacts of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine on
in the clinical practice [1]. The effects of acupuncture and the life science. Among these original research articles, the
Chineseherbshaveusuallybeendemonstratedbybiological biological functionsand potential mechanisms of acupunc-
regulationsofphysiologicalandpathologicalprocesses[2,3], ture and Chinese herbal drugs in disease treatment were
whichareinherentresponsesofhumanbeingsandofgreat demonstrated in animal models of diseases such as focal
importanceinthelifescienceresearch. cerebral ischemia, pain, atopic dermatitis, insomnia, fatty
In recent years, the researches of acupuncture and Chi- liver, and Crohn’s disease. Two papers are on cancer cells:
neseherbalmedicinehaveimprovedsignificantlyduetothe Han-PengKuoetal.reportedthatGanodermatsugaeextract
prosperity and development of modern life science tech- inhibited the growth of HER2-overexpressing cancer cells
nology [4–7]. At the same time, the studies of acupuncture andenhancedthegrowthinhibitoryeffectofantitumordrugs
and Chinese herbal medicine have in turn enhanced the via the modulation of HER2/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway;
development of biomedical science as well as the under- Xiu-FengWangetal.showedthatPC-SPESIIherbalextract
standing of life [8–10] and offered new perspectives that could impair human breast cancer metastasis by regulat-
can benefit modern medicine [11, 12]. However, the major ing proteolytic enzymes and matrix dynamics through the
challengeoftheintegrationofTCMwithmodernmedicine p38MAPKandSAPK/JNKpathway.Additionally,YouNing
istheinadequateunderstandingofthebiologicalfoundation et al. reported the molecular mechanisms underlying the
of TCM experience and concepts. In order to deepen our antiproliferativeandprodifferentiativeeffectsofpsoralenon
knowledge of TCM, it is important to clarify the biological adultneuralstemcellsusingDNAmicroarray.Interestingly,
value and mechanistic action of acupuncture and Chinese two research articles (Lei-Miao Yin et al. and Xiang-Gen
herbal medicine, which may turn hypothesis to solid data- Zhong et al.) simultaneously focused on the same issue,
basedresearchandcreativediscoveryoflifescience. specificlinkbetweenthelungandthelargeintestine,which
We are excited to present our readers with this special provide new lines of evidence for the modern biological
issue that summarizes recent discoveries and knowledge of theoryof“exterior-interiorcorrelationbetweenZangandFu
acupunctureand Chinese herbal medicine. This specialized