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Xianxiang Liu1, Lin Shen, Mingxia Wu, Binghuang Wu, Lan Gao, Wensheng Hu, Anzhen Zhang.
Abstract
The effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on myelogenic osteoclastogenesis and IL-6 mRNA expression is investigated. The result turns to be that the number of myelogenic osteoclasts in the model group is obviously bigger than in the sham operation group (P<0.01), and that in the acupuncture group is markedly smaller than in the model group (P<0.01). The IL-6 mRNA expression in the marrow cells of the model group is significantly elevated, as compared with that in the sham operation group (P<0.01), while the its elevation is lower in the acupuncture group than in the model group (P<0.01). It is therefore concluded that 1) acupuncture effectively modulates the secretion of and then to reduces IL-6 mRNA expression and 2) acupuncture decreases the number of myelogenic osteoclasts.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15270274
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Tradit Chin Med ISSN： 0255-2922 Impact factor: 0.848