Fig. 5From: Attenuation of blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats by acupuncture was associated with reduction oxidative stress and improvement from endothelial dysfunctionEffects of acupuncture on nitrotyrosine expression in the aorta tissues. Both the SHR control and sham-acupuncture group showed an increased nitrotyrosine expression when compared with the WKY control. Acupuncture treatment markedly inhibited nitrotyrosine expression. Data were expressed as means ± SD (*P = 0.0012 for the SHR vs. the WKY control and # P = 0.0073 for ACU vs. sham-acupuncture)Back to article page