[Research progress of the impacts of acupuncture on programmed cell death in treatment of ischemic stroke].

Abstract

The new progress has been made in the research of programmed cell death (e.g. autophagy, apoptosis, pyroptosis, necroptosis and ferroptosis) for the pathological mechanism of ischemic stroke. As an important non-pharmacological therapy, acupuncture is widely used in stroke patients and has achieved favorable effect. The researches in recent years have shown that acupuncture plays its neuroprotective role on ischemic stroke by modulation of autophagy, apoptosis, pyroptosis, necroptosis and ferroptosis of neurons. Acupuncture is effective in treatment of ischemic stroke by regulating programmed cell death.