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This article aimed to explore the theoretical connotation and mechanism of clearing damp-heat method in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), provide theoretical support for clearing damp-heat method in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, and further explain the modern scientific connotation of "damp-heat impairing kidney". Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that damp-heat is an important pathogenesis of kidney damage. Clearing damp-heat method plays a key role in inhibiting CKD immune inflammatory response, improving oxidative stress and antagonizing renal fibrosis. The mechanism is mainly related to the regulation of TNF-α level, blocking NF-κB signaling pathway, inhibiting inflammatory cytokines, antagonizing TGF-β1 secretion and other pathways.
ABSTRACT
Theory of Shen-Xu Pang-Guang-Re (SXPGR) is an important part of the theory of zang-fu in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). And it is the generalization for etiology and pathogenesis of Lin-Zheng (LZ). In immunology, mucosal immune system is composed of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues and immune cells, which can resist the invasion of microorganisms. Mucosal immune plays an important role in the occurrence of urinary tract infection. This paper, which was based on SIgA and homing mechanism, was to investigate the relevance between mucosal immunity and the theory of SXPGR, in order to study the connotation of SXPGR in TCM.