Effect of Wanbiqing Pills (顽痹清丸) on the Expression of Serum Pyroptosis-related Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Damp-heat Obstruction Syndrome
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Effect of Wanbiqing Pills (顽痹清丸) on the Expression of Serum Pyroptosis-related Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Damp-heat Obstruction Syndrome
Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 64, Issue 12, Pages: 1240-1247(2023)
WANG Qiuyuan,YUE Chen,LIU Youwen,et al.Effect of Wanbiqing Pills (顽痹清丸) on the Expression of Serum Pyroptosis-related Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Damp-heat Obstruction Syndrome[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(12):1240-1247.
WANG Qiuyuan,YUE Chen,LIU Youwen,et al.Effect of Wanbiqing Pills (顽痹清丸) on the Expression of Serum Pyroptosis-related Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Damp-heat Obstruction Syndrome[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(12):1240-1247.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.12.010.
Effect of Wanbiqing Pills (顽痹清丸) on the Expression of Serum Pyroptosis-related Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Damp-heat Obstruction Syndrome
(顽痹清丸) on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with damp-heat obstruction syndrome, and to explore its possible mechanism from the perspective of pyroptosis.
Methods
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Eighty-four cases of RA patients with damp-heat obstruction syndrome were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, with 42 cases in each group. The control group was orally administered with methotrexate tablets, 10 mg each time, once a week, and celecoxib capsules, 0.2 g each time, once a day. The treatment group was additionally given
Wanbiqing Pills
orally, 6 g each time, twice a day. Both groups were treated continuously for four weeks. Before treatment and after 2- and 4-week treatment, the disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28) and pain visual analog scale (VAS) score were assessed, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) level, and expression levels of pyroptosis-related factors in serum including NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, cysteine aspartic acid protease 1 (Caspase-1), leukocyte Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and interleukin 18 (IL-18) were detected. The clinical effect and the incidence of adverse reactions were evaluated and compared between the two groups after 4-week treatment.
Results
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Finally, 81 cases completed the study, including 41 cases in the treatment group and 40 cases in the control group. The total effective rate of the treatment group was 63.41% (26/41), while that of the control group was 47.50% (19/40), with no significant difference between the groups (
P
>0.05). After 2-week treatment, the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom scores and VAS scores in the control group significantly decreased (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01), as well as the TCM symptom scores, DAS28 scores and VAS scores in the treatment group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01); and the scores were lower in the treatment group than those in the control group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). After 4-week treatment, the TCM symptom scores and VAS scores in the control group significantly decreased compared to those before treatment (
P
<0.01), while the TCM symptom scores, DAS28 scores, VAS scores, CRP and ESR levels in the treatment group decreased (
P
<0.01), and lower level was found in the treatment group than in the control group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). After 2- and 4-week treatment, the serum levels of NLRP3, Caspase-1, IL-1β and IL-18 in both groups were lower than those before treatment (
P
<0.01), and lower levels were found in the treatment group (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01). The incidence of adverse reactions in the treatment group was 12.20%(5/41), significantly lower than 30.00%(12/40) in the control group (
P
<0.05).
Conclusion
2
Wanbiqing Pills
may improve the clinical symptoms of RA patients with damp-heat obstruction syndrome by reducing serum pyroptosis-related factors and lowering the inflammation level.
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