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Provedor de dados: | Ciência Rural
País: | Brazil
Título: | Effect of acupuncture on TNF-alpha, IL-1b and IL-10 concentrations in the peritoneal exudates of carrageenan-induced peritonitis in rats
Autores: | Scognamillo-Szabó,Márcia Valéria Rizzo; Bechara,Gervásio Henrique; Cunha,Fernando de Queiroz.
Data: | 2005-02-01
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Acupuncture; Inflammation; Cytokines; Neutrophils; Rats; Carrageenan.
Resumo: | Acupuncture is an ancient and empirical therapeutic procedure known by its efficacy in the treatment of pain. However, the influence of acupuncture on inflammatory process is still poorly understood and additional research is needed. In this work, we investigated the mechanism of action of manual acupuncture on the inhibition of neutrophil migration to the peritoneal cavity induced by the inflammatory stimulus carrageenan in Wistar rats. Previous results from our laboratory showed that this anti-inflammatory effect is not due to endogenous corticoid release. Furthermore, the concentration of IL-&lt;FONT FACE=Symbol&gt;1b&lt;/FONT&gt;, but not of TNF-alpha or IL-10 in the carrageenan-induced exudates was reduced in the acupuncture group. Further research will be needed to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the anti-inflammatory action of acupuncture as described here.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782005000100016
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/S0103-84782005000100016
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.35 n.1 2005
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess