Abstract
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.
OKT3+ cells (peripheral T cells) and OKT4+ cells (helper/inducer cells) did not show any changes after electric acupuncture. OKT8+ cells (suprressor/cytotoxic T cells), however, OKT11+ cells (E rosette positive T cells) and Leu7+ cells (natural killer cells) increased and Leu11+ cells (another population of natural killer cells) decreased after electric acupuncture.
These changes of peripheral T lymphocyte subsets would suggest that electric acupuncture effects human immune system.
