Mechanotransduction Pathways in Massage Therapy: CB1/Piezo2 Receptor Crosstalk Modulates Myocellular Anti-Inflammatory Responses
Qian Liu, Wen He, Man Li, Zeyun Li, Cai Wu · 2025
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Description
Qian Liu and four co-authors trace how massage eases inflamed muscle at the molecular level in mice. Their study appeared in twenty twenty-five. Massage relieves pain widely, yet its inner workings, and its ties to traditional Chinese medicine, stay murky.
Mice with inflamed leg muscle got daily pressure at two classic acupoints for fourteen days. Their pain thresholds for heat and touch rose clearly. In the nerve clusters serving the leg, one receptor tied to cannabis-like signals rose. Two partners in a touch-sensing pathway fell. The authors read this crosstalk as the mechanism: pressure retunes the sensors and calms inflammation signals inside muscle cells. The work gives massage a testable biological story.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qian Liu, Wen He, Man Li, Zeyun Li, Cai Wu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |