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Effect of Moxibustion on β-EP and Dyn Levels of Pain-Related Indicators in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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- Author(s): Wang, Yingni (AUTHOR); Tao, Siyu (AUTHOR); Yu, Zeyun (AUTHOR); Luo, Yun (AUTHOR); Li, Yuan (AUTHOR); Tang, Jie (AUTHOR); Chen, Guanhua (AUTHOR); Shuai, Rouxian (AUTHOR); Hu, Xinyue (AUTHOR); Wu, Ping (AUTHOR)
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Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM). 4/5/2021, p1-8. 8p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts. - Source:
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- Subject Terms: THERAPEUTIC use of folic acid; AUTOANTIBODIES; C-reactive protein; MOXIBUSTION; ANTI-inflammatory agents; ANALGESICS; LEFLUNOMIDE; INTERLEUKIN-1; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID arthritis; BLOOD sedimentation; TUMOR necrosis factors; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; OPIOID peptides; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; ENDORPHINS; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Abstract: Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic immunodeficiency disease characterized by persistent synovial inflammation, pannus formation, and bone and cartilage destruction, resulting in joint malformations and function decline. Objective. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of moxibustion on clinical symptoms and levels of pain-related indicators beta-endorphin (β-EP) and dynorphin (Dyn) in patients with RA and to explore the potential anti-inflammatory and analgesic mechanisms of moxibustion in RA treatment. Methods. A total of 64 patients with RA who met the inclusion criteria were randomly and equally classified into the control and treatment groups. The control group received conventional treatment (oral methotrexate, folate, or leflunomide prescribed for a long time). The treatment group was treated with moxibustion at ST36 (Zusanli), BL23 (Shenshu), and Ashi points with respect to the control group. Patients' clinical symptoms and routine inspection indexes (rheumatoid factor [RF], erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], and C-reactive protein [CRP]) were recorded before and after treatment. Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), β-EP, and Dyn were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The software SPSS24.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results. (1) Compared with the pretreatment result, both of the two groups' clinical symptoms and routine inspection indexes (RF, ESR, and CRP) improved (P < 0.05), and the improvement of clinical symptoms in the treatment group outperformed that in the control group (P < 0.05). (2) TNF-α and IL-1β levels decreased significantly in the treatment group after treatment (P < 0.01), while no significant difference was observed in the control group (P > 0.05). (3) β-EP and Dyn levels in the treatment group were significantly increased after treatment (P < 0.01, P < 0.01), but the control group showed no significant difference (P > 0.05, P > 0.05). It is worth mentioning that the serum TNF-α, IL-1β, β-EP, and Dyn levels between the two groups were significantly different after 8 weeks of treatment (P < 0.05). (4) Differences in the serum β-EP and Dyn levels in the patients of the treatment group were correlated with TNF-α and IL-1β levels after treatment, and the correlation was mainly negative (r < 0). Conclusion. Moxibustion can improve joint pain in patients with RA using conventional western medicine. One of the mechanisms may affect the serum β-EP and Dyn levels by downregulating the inflammatory factors to play an anti-inflammatory and analgesic role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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