Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication for recurrent implantation failure infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis and its effects on serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT protein expression
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Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication for recurrent implantation failure infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis and its effects on serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT protein expression
Chinese Acupuncture & MoxibustionVol. 43, Issue 12, Pages: 1399-1404(2023)
YOU Xiu-mi,XU Jin-bang,YANG Juan,et al.Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication for recurrent implantation failure infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis and its effects on serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT protein expression[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(12):1399-1404.
YOU Xiu-mi,XU Jin-bang,YANG Juan,et al.Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication for recurrent implantation failure infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis and its effects on serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT protein expression[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(12):1399-1404.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230608-k0002.
Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication for recurrent implantation failure infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis and its effects on serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT protein expression
To observe the effects of acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication on pregnancy outcomes in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis
and to explore its effects on the protein expression of serum p38MAPK and JAK/STAT.
Methods
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Sixty-two patients with RIF infertility of kidney deficiency and blood stasis who were scheduled for artificial cycle frozen-thawed embryo transfer
were randomly divided into an observation group (31 cases
4 cases dropped out) and a control group (31 cases
3 cases were eliminated). The patients in the control group were treated with conventional artificial cycle frozen-thawed embryo transfer. On the basis of the control group
the patients in the observation group were treated with acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication. Acupuncture was applied at Baihui (GV 20)
Guanyuan (CV 4) and bilateral Neiguan (PC 6)
Zigong (EX-CA 1)
Guilai (ST 29)
Zusanli (ST 36)
Taichong (LR 3)
Shenshu (BL 23)
Ciliao (BL 32)
with each session lasting for 30 minutes
once every other day. Chinese herbal medication was administered to
Bushen Huoxue
(tonifing the kidney and activating blood circulation) decoction
with one dose per day
starting from the 3rd to 5th day of the menstrual cycle and continuing until 1 day before embryo transfer. Clinical pregnancy rate
embryo implantation rate
live birth rate
and biochemical pregnancy rate were compared between the two groups. TCM symptom score
platelet count (PLT)
and plasma D-dimer level were assessed before treatment and 1 day before embryo transfer. Western blot method was used to detect the expression of serum P38MAPK
JAK
and STAT proteins before treatment and 1 day before embryo transfer.
Results
2
In the observation group
the clinical pregnancy rate
embryo implantation rate
and live birth rate were higher (
P
<
0.05)
while the biochemical pregnancy rate was lower (
P
<
0.05) than those in the control group. One day before embryo transfer
both groups showed a decrease in TCM symptom scores
PLT
and plasma D-dimer levels compared to those before treatment (
P
<
0.05)
and the observation group had lower TCM symptom scores and plasma D-dimer levels than the control group (
P
<
0.05). One day before embryo transfer
the expression levels of serum p38MAPK
JAK
and STAT proteins in both gro
ups were lower than those before treatment (
P
<
0.05)
and the observation group had lower serum p38MAPK protein expression than the control group (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion
2
Acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication can improve the clinical pregnancy rate
embryo implantation rate
live birth rate
and reduce the biochemical pregnancy rate in RIF infertility patients of kidney deficiency and blood stasis. Its mechanism of action may be related to down-regulating plasma D-dimer level and protein expression of serum p38MAPK.
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