ArticleInflammation2020
Electroacupuncture Relieves Pain and Attenuates Inflammation Progression Through Inducing IL-10 Production in CFA-Induced Mice.
Article in Inflammation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07559279 (The Potential Efficacy Of Jin's Three-Needle Technique Combined With Electroacupuncture In Managing Pain And Improving Cervical Active Range Of Motion In 104 Patients With Cervical Spondylosis And Blood Stasis Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Potential Efficacy Of Jin's Three-Needle Technique Combined With Electroacupuncture In Managing Pain And Improving Cervical Active Range Of Motion In 104 Patients With Cervical Spondylosis And Blood Stasis Syndrome: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Trial
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
The therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on inflammatory pain has been well recognized clinically, but the mechanism is unclear. Interleukin-10 (IL-10), which is produced by regulatory T (Treg) cell, is a key anti-inflammatory cytokine for relieving inflammatory pain. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate whether EA could inhibit CFA-induced pain and attenuate inflammation progression by regulating the activation of immunocyte and inducing the expression of IL-10. In this study, mice were treated with EA (2/100 Hz, 2 mA) for five consecutive days after 1 day of CFA injection. The behavioral tests were measured and analyzed after the daily EA treatment; then, hind paw, spinal cord, and spleen tissues were prepared for assessment. The results showed that EA treatment significantly increased the mechanical threshold and thermal latency after CFA injection and boosted the expression of IL-10 in paw and spinal cord tissues. EA treatment promoted Treg cells; suppressed macrophage and neutrophils cells; reduced the expression of IL-1β, NLRP3, and TNF-α; and ultimately relieved inflammatory pain. The findings suggested that the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect of EA treatment could be partially associated with suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines mediated by induction of IL-10.
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