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Sagtaganov Z, Yessirkepov M, Bekaryssova D. Yoga as a complementary therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: a case-based review. Rheumatol Int 2024; 44:1575-1579. [PMID: 38850325 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-024-05641-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presents patients with chronic pain and functional limitations due to its autoimmune nature. Despite symptomatic and pharmaceutical interventions, many patients experience inadequate relief, prompting exploration into non-pharmacological approaches such as yoga. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga as an adjunctive therapy for RA by examining clinical data from patients experiencing chronic pain and limitations. This study analyzed several clinical cases at the Shymkent City Regional Clinical Hospital. Ten RA patients, irrespective of various demographic factors, were enrolled. Parameters including pain intensity, inflammation activity, systolic blood pressure, joint function, and morning stiffness were assessed to gauge the impact of yoga. The findings demonstrated notable positive changes following a three-month yoga program. These changes encompassed enhanced joint health, reduced pain severity, and decreased disease activity. Particularly noteworthy was the reduction in morning stiffness by an average of 31 min, alongside a decrease in the average pain index from 80 mm to 41.5 mm. The mean RA activity level decreased from 5.8 to 4.7. Furthermore, mean systolic blood pressure decreased by 15.5 mmHg, and mean cholesterol levels decreased from 5.3 mmol/L to 4.8 mmol/L. These results underscore the potential significance of yoga as a supplementary intervention for RA. Yoga practice may enhance patients' quality of life and alleviate disease symptoms. Nevertheless, the study's limited sample size necessitates caution, and further research is warranted to validate these findings.
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- Zhaxybek Sagtaganov
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
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Mo JH, Xie HK, Zhou YM, Ng SB, Li SX, Wang L. Inokosterone Is A Potential Drug Target of Estrogen Receptor 1 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Analysis from Active Ingredient of Cyathula Officinalis. Chin J Integr Med 2021; 27:767-773. [PMID: 34432202 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-021-3492-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To elucidate the active compounds and the molecular mechanism of Cyathula Officinalis as a drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS The target genes of active ingredients from Cyathula Officinalis were obtained from bioinformatics analysis tool for the molecular mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine. The protein-protein interaction between the target genes were analyzed using STRING and Genemania. The transcriptome of RA patients compared to healthy people (GSE121894) were analyzed using R program package Limma. The relative expression of the target genes was obtained from the RNA-seq datasets. The molecular docking analyses were processed based on the molecular model of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) binding with estradiol (PDB ID:1A52). The binding details were analyzed by SYBYL. RESULTS Inokosterone, ecdysterone, and cyaterone were the 3 active ingredients from Cyathula Officinalis that bind to target genes. Of all the significantly changed genes from RA patients, ESR1, ADORA1, and ANXA1 were significantly increased in mRNA samples of RA patients. CONCLUSION ESR1, the transcription factor that binds inokosterone in the molecular binding analysis, is the target protein of Cyathula Officinalis.
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- Ji-Hao Mo
- Department of Medical Laboratory, Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital of Henan Province, Orthopedic Institute of Henan Province, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471002, China
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Institute of Technical Biology & Agriculture Engineering, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital of Henan Province, Orthopedic Institute of Henan Province, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471002, China
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Alok S, Nessa S, Tata SS, Begum AS. Will she-won’t she: determinants of complementary and alternative medicines use among female rheumatoid arthritis patients. ADVANCES IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13596-021-00604-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Huang YY, Xin XH, Sultana R, Thumboo J, Yong FK. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Concomitant Chinese Medicine Use by Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in A Multi-Ethnic Asian Population. Chin J Integr Med 2021; 28:223-228. [PMID: 34319508 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-021-3494-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, factors associated with and patterns of concomitant Chinese medicine (CM) with Western treatment use among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a tertiary referral centre (Singapore General Hospital) in Singapore. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional interviewer-administered survey of a consecutive sample of patients with RA in Singapore General Hospital centre regarding their CM use including data on patient demographics, disease characteristics, concomitant use of CM and reasons, concerns and disclosure patterns from March to August 2015. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the associations of CM use. RESULTS Prevalence of CM use among the 258 patients surveyed (male: female 42: 216; Chinese: Malay: Indian 191: 29: 34; mean age: 61 years; mean duration of RA: 10 years) was 46.1% (119/258). On multivariate analysis, Chinese ethnicity (OR, 95% CI: 4.11, 1.49-11.36), Chinese speakers (OR, 95% CI: 2.35, 1.03-5.54), middle-income group (OR, 95% CI: 2.53, 1.01-6.31) and greater learned helplessness (OR, 95% CI: 1.13, 1.04-1.22) were significantly associated with CM use. More CM users disclosed their CM use to CM physicians (87.3%, 96/110), sought advice from them on treatment interactions (59.4%, 57/96) and how best to combine treatments (49.0%, 47/96) than did so with rheumatologists (42.0%, 50/119; 40.0%, 20/50; and 42.0%, 21/50, respectively). Forty-two percentage (29/69) of patients who concealed CM use from rheumatologists because their rheumatologists did not specifically enquire about CM use. CONCLUSIONS Concomitant CM use among patients with RA treated in a tertiary referral centre in Singapore is high but voluntary disclosure is low. The associations identified can help doctors identify and enquire about CM use, minimizing potential adverse interactions.
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- You-Yi Huang
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Medicine Academic Clinical Program, Division of Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. .,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
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Contreras-Yáñez I, Cabrera-Vanegas Á, Robledo-Torres A, Cáceres-Giles C, Valverde-Hernández S, Padilla-Ortiz D, Guaracha-Basáñez GA, Pascual-Ramos V. Association of significant risk perception with the use of complementary and alternative medicine: A cross-sectional study in Hispanic patients with rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237504. [PMID: 32790722 PMCID: PMC7425852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Risk perception (RP) describes patient´s judgment of the likelihood of experiencing something unpleasant, and has been associated to the adoption of health behaviors. Current rheumatoid arthritis (RA) guidelines recommend early and intensive treatment, although patients also commonly use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). We aimed to investigate if significant RP was associated to CAM use in Hispanic RA outpatients and to describe additional associated factors. METHODS Between March and August 2019, 266 consecutive outpatients were invited to a face-to-face interview to collect socio-demographic and RA-related information, to assess comorbidity and the following patient-reported-outcomes: pain, overall-disease and treatment adherence with visual analogue scales, disease activity with RAPID-3, RP with a validated questionnaire, and CAM use with a translated and cross-culturally adapted for Argentina version of the International CAM questionnaire. Medical records were reviewed to corroborate the data provided by the patients. CAM use definition was restricted to "in the last 3 months". Significant RP was defined based on published cut-off. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to investigate factors associated to CAM use. The study received IRB approval. RESULTS There were 246 patients included, primarily middle-aged women, with substantial disease duration, moderate disease activity and 70 patients (28.5%) had significant RP. Two hundreds patients (81.3%) were CAM users. Significant RP (OR: 2.388, 95%CI: 1.044-5.464, p = 0.039) and access to Federal health care system (OR: 2.916, 95%CI: 1.081-7.866, p = 0.035) were associated to CAM use. CONCLUSIONS Patient´s perception of RA-related negative consequences was associated to recent CAM use in Hispanic RA outpatients.
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- Irazú Contreras-Yáñez
- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Spondyloarthropathies Research Group, Universidad de La Sabana, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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- Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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Hwang JH, Jung HW, Oh SY, Kang JS, Kim JP, Park YK. Effects of Zingiber officinale extract on collagen-induced arthritis in mice and IL-1β-induced inflammation in human synovial fibroblasts. EUR J INFLAMM 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x17727997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ginger ( Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants and is extensively used for the treatment of arthritic patients in Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM) due to its various pharmacological properties. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of ginger on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly focusing on the regulation of Th1, Th2, and Th17 cytokines and the inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) release in mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) and primary synovial fibroblasts. RA was induced in male DBA/1J mice via immunization with type II collagen (CII). A ginger extract was prepared in water. The ginger extract (100 and 200 mg/kg) or Mobic (50 mg/kg), as a reference drug, was orally administered to CIA mice once daily for 14 days after arthritis induction. Primary fibroblasts were isolated from the synovial tissues of osteoarthritis patients and then were stimulated with IL-1β and treated with the ginger extract at different concentrations. IL-4, IFN- γ, and IL-17 levels were measured in the serum or spleen and paw tissues of CIA mice and culture media via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The mRNA expression of IL-17, MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-13 was also detected in paw tissues and synovial fibroblasts through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Histological changes in the knee joints were observed via hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and safranin-O staining. The major compounds in the ginger extract were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Treatment with the ginger extract at 100 or 200 mg/kg significantly decreased the levels of IL-4, IFN-γ, and IL-17 and inhibited the expression of IL-17 in the spleen and paw tissues of CIA mice. Ginger extract inhibited the expression of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-13 in the paw tissues of CIA mice and reduced inflammatory bone destruction in joint tissues. In IL-1β-stimulated synovial fibroblasts, the ginger extract significantly decreased the production of IFN-γ and IL-17 via inhibition of mRNA expression. The ginger extract also suppressed the expression of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-13 mRNA. Vanillylacetone, 6-gingerol, 6-shogaol, and 1,4-cineol were identified as the main compounds in the ginger extract. These results indicate that ginger can prevent RA progression by inhibiting the secretion of Th1/Th2 and Th17 cytokines and MMPs, which are involved in the pathogenesis of RA.
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- Ji Hye Hwang
- Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Institute of Drug Research and Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea
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Yu H, Venkatesha SH, Nanjundaiah S, Tong L, Moudgil KD. Celastrus treatment modulates antigen-induced gene expression in lymphoid cells of arthritic rats. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2012; 25:455-66. [PMID: 22697077 DOI: 10.1177/039463201202500215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating autoimmune disease of global prevalence and the disease process primarily targets the synovial joints. Despite improvements in the treatment of RA over the past decade, there still is a need for new therapeutic agents that are efficacious, less expensive, and free of severe adverse reactions. Celastrus has been used in China for centuries for the treatment of rheumatic diseases. Furthermore, we previously reported that ethanol extract of Celastrus aculeatus Merr. (Celastrus) attenuates adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA) in rats. However, the mechanisms underlying the anti-arthritic activity of Celastrus have not yet been fully defined. We reasoned that microarray analysis might offer useful insights into the pathways and molecules targeted by Celastrus. We compared the gene expression profiles of the draining lymph node cells (LNC) of Celastrus-treated (Tc) versus water-treated (Tw) rats, and each group with untreated arthritic rats (T(0)). LNC were restimulated with mycobacterial heat shock protein-65 (Bhsp65). We identified 104 differentially expressed genes (DEG) (8 upregulated, 96 downregulated) when comparing Tc with T(0) rats, in contrast to 28 (12 upregulated, 16 downregulated) when comparing Tw and T(0) rats. Further, 20 genes (6 upregulated, 14 downregulated) were shared by both Tw and Tc groups. Thus, Celastrus treatment (Tc) significantly downregulated a large proportion of genes compared to controls (Tw). The DEG were mainly associated with the processes of immune response, cell proliferation and apoptosis, and cell signaling. These results provide novel insights into the mechanism of Celastrus anti-arthritic activity, and unravel potential therapeutic targets for arthritis.
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- H Yu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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