Li KJ, Yu YW, Xia Y. Letter to the Editor: From acupoint stimulation to immunometabolic regulation: What does electroacupuncture frequency really encode in diabetic gastroparesis? World J Diabetes 2026; 17(9): 118504 [DOI: 10.4239/wjd.118504]
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Yong-Wei Yu, Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79 Qingchun Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China. yuyongwei@zju.edu.cn
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Li KJ, Yu YW, Xia Y. Letter to the Editor: From acupoint stimulation to immunometabolic regulation: What does electroacupuncture frequency really encode in diabetic gastroparesis? World J Diabetes 2026; 17(9): 118504 [DOI: 10.4239/wjd.118504]
World J Diabetes. Sep 15, 2026; 17(9): 118504 Published online Sep 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.118504
Letter to the Editor: From acupoint stimulation to immunometabolic regulation: What does electroacupuncture frequency really encode in diabetic gastroparesis?
Ke-Jia Li, Yong-Wei Yu, Yang Xia
Ke-Jia Li, Yang Xia, Department of Nephrology, The First People’s Hospital of Jiashan, Jiaxing 314100, Zhejiang Province, China
Yong-Wei Yu, Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Co-corresponding authors: Yong-Wei Yu and Yang Xia.
Author contributions: Li KJ wrote the manuscript, Yu YW and Xia Y designed the study and revised the manuscript, and they contributed equally to this manuscript and are co-corresponding authors. All listed authors consent to the submission.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Corresponding author: Yong-Wei Yu, Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79 Qingchun Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China. yuyongwei@zju.edu.cn
Received: January 4, 2026 Revised: January 26, 2026 Accepted: March 6, 2026 Published online: September 15, 2026 Processing time: 239 Days and 14.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Electroacupuncture (EA) exerts therapeutic effects beyond local acupoint stimulation. This letter proposes that stimulation frequency encodes distinct neuromodulatory information that reshapes neuroimmune and immunometabolic regulation in diabetic gastroparesis. By reframing high-frequency EA as a frequency-encoded neuromodulatory strategy rather than a nonspecific peripheral intervention, we highlight how neural signaling may secondarily attenuate inflammatory pathways such as macrophage pyroptosis. This conceptual framework bridges traditional acupuncture with modern neuromodulation science and offers a rational basis for optimizing EA protocols in diabetes-associated gastrointestinal dysfunction. Importantly, this neuromodulatory interpretation is hypothesis-generating and intended to complement, rather than replace, other plausible mechanisms, including local tissue activation and perfusion-related effects.
