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PMID: 12775355 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Acupuncture has a beneficial effect when treating many diseases and painful conditions, and therefore is thought to be useful as a complementary therapy or to replace generally accepted pharmacological intervention. The attributive effect of acupuncture has been investigated in inflammatory diseases, including asthma, rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, epicondylitis, complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and vasculitis. Large randomised trials demonstrating the immediate and sustained effect of acupuncture are missing. Mechanisms underlying the ascribed immunosuppressive actions of acupuncture are reviewed in this communication. The acupuncture-controlled release of neuropeptides from nerve endings and subsequent vasodilative and anti-inflammatory effects through calcitonine gene-related peptide is hypothesised. The complex interactions with substance P, the analgesic contribution of beta-endorphin and the balance between cell-specific pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-10 are discussed. |
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Freek J Zijlstra; Ineke van den Berg-de Lange; Frank J P M Huygen; Jan Klein |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
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Title: Mediators of inflammation Volume: 12 ISSN: 0962-9351 ISO Abbreviation: Mediators Inflamm. Publication Date: 2003 Apr |
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Created Date: 2003-05-30 Completed Date: 2004-02-23 Revised Date: 2010-09-14 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9209001 Medline TA: Mediators Inflamm Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 59-69 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Centre location, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. f.zijlstra@erasmusmc.nl |
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Acupuncture Therapy* Humans Inflammation / immunology, therapy* Neuroimmunomodulation Neuropeptides / immunology |
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0/Neuropeptides |
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Journal Information Journal ID (nlm-ta): Mediators Inflamm ISSN: 0962-9351 |
Article Information Download PDF  Print publication date: Month: 4 Year: 2003 Volume: 12 Issue: 2 First Page: 59 Last Page: 69 ID: 1781596 PubMed Id: 12775355 DOI: 10.1080/0962935031000114943 Publisher Item Identifier: 2A0H36TGVC9AXDQV |
| Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture. | |
| Freek J Zijlstra | Email: f.zijlstra@erasmusmc.nl |
| Ineke van den Berg-de Lange | |
| Frank J P M Huygen | |
| Jan Klein | |
| Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Centre location, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
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