Downregulation of lncRNA Miat contributes to the protective effect of electroacupuncture against myocardial fibrosis

• Main Authors: Wenchuan Qi (Author), Xiang Li (Author), Yanrong Ren (Author), Xueying Liu (Author), Hongjuan Fu (Author), Xiao Wang (Author), Xiao Li (Author), Jian Xiong (Author), Qianhua Zheng (Author), Dingjun Cai (Author), Fanrong Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Myocardial fibrosis changes the structure of myocardium, leads to cardiac dysfunction and induces arrhythmia and cardiac ischemia, threatening patients' lives. Electroacupuncture at PC6 (Neiguan) was previously found to inhibit myocardial fibrosis. Long non-coding RNAs (lncR...