Journal of Pain Research
Moxibustion Regulates the Imbalance of Cartilage Degradation and Repair in Knee Osteoarthritis Rabbits via the SDF-1/CXCR4 Axis: Is Stimulating Heat-Sensitized Acupoints More Efficacious?
By Linhui Li, Rong Chen, Ying Zhang and 5 others.
Abstract
Background
This study investigated whether moxibustion, particularly at heat-sensitized acupoints, exerts therapeutic effects on knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and whether these effects are associated with the modulation of the SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling axis, a key regulator of cartilage metabolism.
