Relationship between TCM Constitutional Types and TGF-β1 Levels in Serum of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis / 中国中医药信息杂志
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
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(12): 26-28, 2014.
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en Chino
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-459096
ABSTRACT
Objective To discuss the relationship between TCM constitutional types and the levels of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods A total of 161 patients with KOA as a case group filled out questionnaires about 9 TCM constitution types, and 50 cases of unrelated healthy volunteers were selected randomly as control group. The serum samples of two groups were collected. The levels of TGF-β1 were detected and compared by double antibody sandwich ELISA. Results Compared with the control group, the level of TGF-β1 in the case group decreased, with statistical significance (P0.05). Conclusion The incidence of KOA with qi deficiency type may be related to the decrease of TGF-β1 level. The decreasing level of TGF-β1 may be one of the mechanisms of molecular biology that qi deficiency was linked to KOA.
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Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
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2014
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