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Chu, Ka Po. Nearby fibroblasts' response to multiple acupuncture needle revolutions on fibroblast populated collagen gels. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3Z89C2D

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TitleNearby fibroblasts' response to multiple acupuncture needle revolutions on fibroblast populated collagen gels
NameChu, Ka Po (author); Shreiber, David I (chair); Buettner, Helen M (internal member); Langrana, Noshir A (internal member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - New Brunswick
Date Created2011
Other Date2011-01 (degree)
SubjectBiomedical Engineering, Acupuncture--Therapeutic use, Acupuncture points, Collagen, Fibroblasts
Extentvii, 64 p. : ill.
DescriptionAcupuncture is an ancient Chinese healing practice, and an alternative therapy for alleviating pain and chronic disorders. For over twenty years, research is trying to understand the mechanisms that lead to its therapeutic effect. Our laboratory investigates the cellular and molecular events in the connective tissue that occur by acupuncture needling. An in vitro assay was developed to evaluate some of the potential contributors to acupuncture’s effects using a cellular collagen gel as a loose connective tissue mimic. It was hypothesized besides immediate changes to cells under mechanical loading from an acupuncture needle, there were chemical factors released to nearby cells in acupuncture. This thesis investigates whether mechanically stimulating collagen gels with fibroblasts at different revolutions would release chemical factors to nearby fibroblasts where flow cytometry was used to observe cell proliferation as an indicator. Results reveal mechanically stimulating cellular collagen gels at different revolutions does not cause any changes in cell proliferation to nearby cells. However, dead stained mechanically stimulated cellular collagen gels showed cell death occurs around the acupuncture needle. It is possible there were no effects in cell proliferation because when a cellular collagen gel was needle manipulated, some chemical factors were released into the nearby cells. Then as needle manipulation increased, more chemical factors were released, but restricted by the larger amount of cell death around the needle from the increasing rotation.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Ka Po Chu
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3Z89C2D
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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