Effect of electric acupuncture on human immune system. Analysis of peripheral T lymphocyte subsets by laser flow cytometry system / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌
Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
; : 95-101, 1986.
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We investgated the effect of electric acupuncture on peripheral T lymphocyte subset from normal individuals, analysed by laser flow cytometric system with monoclonal antibodies for human T lymphocyte subset.<br>OKT3<sup>+</sup> cells (peripheral T cells) and OKT4<sup>+</sup> cells (helper/inducer cells) did not show any changes after electric acupuncture. OKT8<sup>+</sup> cells (suprressor/cytotoxic T cells), however, OKT11<sup>+</sup> cells (E rosette positive T cells) and Leu7<sup>+</sup> cells (natural killer cells) increased and Leu11<sup>+</sup> cells (another population of natural killer cells) decreased after electric acupuncture.<br>These changes of peripheral T lymphocyte subsets would suggest that electric acupuncture effects human immune system.
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Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
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1986
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