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Association between digestive diseases and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in Chinese participants: a prospective cohort study.

Adults with digestive diseases had a 40% higher risk of developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis over seven years comp…

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[Effects of electroacupuncture on the activity and polarization phenotype of microglia in anterior cingulate cortex of rats with knee osteoarthritis accompanied by chronic pain and related negative emotions].

Electroacupuncture at GB34 and ST35 reduced pain and anxiety behaviors in knee osteoarthritis by inhibiting microglial a…

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Electroacupuncture enhances CSPCs proliferation in an FGFR4-mediated manner to ameliorate osteoarthritis-associated pain and cartilage degeneration.

Electroacupuncture ameliorates osteoarthritis pain and cartilage degeneration by enhancing cartilage stem/progenitor cel…

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Electroacupuncture Alleviates KOA-Induced Pain and Cartilage Degeneration via NGF/TrkA Pathway.

Electroacupuncture at ST35 and EX-LE5 significantly reduced pain and cartilage degeneration in knee osteoarthritis by in…

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[Effect of acupuncture on knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score in patients with knee osteoarthritis].

Acupuncture provided significantly greater improvements in pain scores and daily activities compared to sham acupuncture…

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Protein polysaccharide molecules combine with exercise to promote bone and joint injury repair: protein kinase signaling pathway.

Protein polysaccharide complexes combined with exercise significantly shortened bone healing time and improved joint fun…

International journal of b…Read More →
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Strategies to Modulate the Redifferentiation of Chondrocytes.

Multiple strategies including environmental modifications, growth factors, and genetic techniques have shown promise in …

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Pharmacopuncture and joint movement manual therapy for post-traumatic phalangeal osteoarthritis: A case report.

Combined intra-articular hominis placenta pharmacopuncture and joint movement manual therapy over 10 sessions reduced pa…

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Roles of immune cell metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis.

Aberrant immune cell metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis drives inflammation through key metabolic pathways (HIF-1α, PI3K…

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From arthritis to central sensitization: targeting the neuro-immune axis via microglial modulation in acupuncture treatment for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-associated pain.

Acupuncture modulates JIA-associated pain through multi-level neuro-immune mechanisms, including vagal anti-inflammatory…

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Acupuncture for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment: Biological Mechanisms of Anti-Inflammation and Analgesia.

Acupuncture alleviates rheumatoid arthritis through multiple biological mechanisms including immune cell regulation, oxi…

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The Nrf2-GPX4 Pathway Provides Protection Against Rheumatoid Arthritis via Inhibition of Macrophage Ferroptosis-Mediated Inflammation and Synovial Fibroblast Proliferation.

Activation of the Nrf2-GPX4 pathway suppresses rheumatoid arthritis progression by preventing macrophage ferroptosis, re…

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