The Effect of Chinese Herbs on the Cytokines of Rats with Endometriosis

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YiWeiNing treatment reduced elevated TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8 levels in rats with endometriosis, suggesting inhibition of ectopic endometrial growth.

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to study the regulatory function of Chinese medicine-YiWeiNing (YWN) on the cytokines of endometriosis (EM) model rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After successfully creating EM models of rats, all were separated randomly into five groups: high dose of YWN (5.4 g/100 g), low dose of YWN (1.8 g/100 g), Danazol group (3.6 mg/100 g), a model group, and a false-operation group. They were then reviewed for the variation of the amount of TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-8 (IL-8). RESULTS: The content of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8 in the peripheral blood of the model group was apparently higher than the false-operation group (p < 0.01), and YWN reduced the amount of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8 in the serums of the model group's rats. This made these cytokines tend toward normal levels without an apparent variation, when compared with the false-operation group (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: YWN can prevent the growth of ectopic endometrium by inhibiting the synthesis and secretion of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Cytokines Cytokines Drugs, Chinese Herbal Endometriosis Endometriosis Phytotherapy Animals Cytokines Drugs, Chinese Herbal Drugs, Chinese Herbal Endometriosis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Interleukin-6 Interleukin-6 Interleukin-8 Interleukin-8 Models, Animal Random Allocation Rats

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