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Trial reportBioMed research international2020

Repeated Herbal Acupoint Sticking Relieved the Recurrence of Allergic Asthma by Regulating the Th1/Th2 Cell Balance in the Peripheral Blood.

Shu-Mei Zhao, He-Sheng Wang, Cong Zhang, Jun Hu, Lin-Li Zhuang, Xing Wang, Yu-Qian Fan, Wen-Jiao Hu, Jia-Qi Luo, Ning-Wei Zhao and 5 more

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-Mei ZhaoAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
He-Sheng WangAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Cong ZhangAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Jun HuAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Lin-Li ZhuangAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Xing WangAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Yu-Qian FanAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Wen-Jiao HuAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Jia-Qi LuoAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Ning-Wei ZhaoAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Shi-Hai YanAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4971-7910
Jie DongMedical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-5546
Lan-Ying LiuAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-4353
Qian LuThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-0896
Meng CaoNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6125-1247
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanjing Brain Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disease involving the Th1/Th2 cell imbalance in the peripheral blood. Repeated herbal acupoint sticking (RHAS) has been used for hundreds of years in China to relieve the recurrence of allergic asthma, and it is still practiced today. Thus, we explored the effect on allergic asthma relapse and the underlying immunoregulatory mechanism in this study. Here, we enrolled 50 allergic asthma participants, and 38 of them completed the treatment and follow-up (the allergic asthma group). In addition, 13 healthy participants (the control group) were enrolled. The recurrence number of allergic asthma participants and asthma control test (ACT) were used to evaluate the effect of treatment on relieving allergic asthma recurrence. Flow cytometry was performed to analyze the levels of Th1 and Th2 cells in the peripheral blood. The serum levels of IgE, IFN-

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Acupuncture PointsMoxibustionTh1-Th2 BalanceAdultAsthmaDrugs, Chinese HerbalFemaleHumansMaleMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMiddle AgedRecurrenceDrugs, Chinese Herbal

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PMID32509851
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