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Effects of acupuncture on the signs and symptoms of people with rheumatic diseases: A scoping review.

Acupuncture provided significant pain relief, improved quality of life, enhanced joint function, and reduced depression …

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Tripterygium Glycoside Tablets Combined With Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis: Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter, Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial.

This protocol describes a multicenter randomized controlled trial of 181 rheumatoid arthritis patients comparing Tripter…

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Inhibition of the NF-κB/STAT3 pathway to reduce spinal microglia activation: a mechanism by which manual acupuncture alleviates rheumatoid arthritis.

Manual acupuncture with twirling manipulation significantly reduces rheumatoid arthritis pain by inhibiting the NF-κB/ST…

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[Effect of moxibustion on the PINK1/Parkin pathway and mitophagy in rats with rheumatoid arthritis].

Moxibustion at BL23 and ST36 significantly reduced mitochondrial damage and excessive mitophagy in rheumatoid arthritis …

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Mapping the Knowledge Landscape of Muscle Disorders in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Bibliometric and Bioinformatics Study.

Analysis identified 359 shared genes between rheumatoid arthritis and myositis, with TNF, IL6, and IFNG genes occupying …

Journal of visualized expe…Read More →
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[Mechanism of Zhuang medicine heat-sensitive acupuncture in treating rheumatoid arthritis based on metabolomics].

Zhuang medicine heat-sensitive acupuncture significantly reduced joint swelling and improved inflammatory markers in RA …

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Immunometabolism in rheumatoid arthritis: mechanisms, biomarkers, and the path to precision medicine.

Pathogenic immune cells in rheumatoid arthritis undergo specific metabolic reprogramming in glycolysis, oxidative phosph…

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The Th17/Treg axis: a key to understanding and treating autoimmune disorders.

The ratio of Th17 to Treg cells serves as an important biomarker for autoimmune disease severity and treatment response,…

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Fibroblasts as key effectors of acupuncture in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Acupuncture's therapeutic effect in rheumatoid arthritis depends on fibroblast activation in fascial tissue, as selectiv…

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Therapeutic effects of Melittin acupoint injection on rheumatoid arthritis through autophagy activation and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibition.

Melittin acupoint injection significantly reduced rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and joint damage by inhibiting the PI3K/…

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Body roundness index and rheumatoid arthritis risk: Evidence from NHANES 1999 to 2020.

Each unit increase in Body Roundness Index was associated with a 25.5% increased odds of rheumatoid arthritis in a nonli…

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Transcriptome Profiling of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in a CFA-Induced Inflammatory Pain Model Identifies ECM-Related Genes in a Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Three hub genes (Fn1, Bgn, and Lum) involved in extracellular matrix remodeling and inflammation were significantly upre…

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