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Hamid Abdi, Parisa Abbasi-Parizad,
Baixiao Zhao,
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan,
Shima Tavallaie,
Amir Ali Rahsepar,
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh,
Mohammad Safariyan,
Mohsen Nemati,
Maryam Mohammadi,
Mahsa Darbandi,
Sara Darbandi,
Gordon A A Ferns
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ABSTRACT: A randomized controlled clinical trial was performed to examine the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture on body weight loss and its impact on lipid profile, and immunologic and inflammatory markers in obese subjects.
Participants (n=204) were randomized to therapeutic acupuncture and control groups. Subjects received authentic (cases) or sham (controls) acupuncture for 6 weeks (first period) in combination with a low-calorie diet. In the next 6 weeks (second period), the low-calorie diet was used on its own. Subjects were assessed at the beginning and 6 and 12 weeks later. In addition to anthropometric and lipid parameters, serum anti-heat shock protein (Hsp)-27, 60, 65, 70 and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were assessed.
In the first period, anthropometric parameters and hs-CRP changed significantly in both groups, while significant changes in anti-Hsp antibodies were only observed in case subjects. In the second period, which shows the sustainable effects of acupuncture, changes in anthropometric parameters were more prominent in controls, while significant reductions in the group receiving authentic acupuncture were maintained for anti-Hsp antibodies. A comparison between the first and second period in both groups showed that the changes for most of the parameters were more significant in the first period. Comparison between cases and controls showed that authentic acupuncture was more effective in reducing the levels of anthropometric factors and anti-Hsp antibodies but not hs-CRP.
Auricular acupuncture in combination with diet restriction was effective for weight loss and dyslipidemia. Moreover, it was found that it has immunomodulatory but not anti-inflammatory effects on the immune system by regulation of the levels of anti-Hsp antibodies.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 07/2012; 18(7):668-77. · 1.69 Impact Factor
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Hamid Abdi,
Baixiao Zhao,
Mahsa Darbandi,
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan,
Shima Tavallaie,
Amir Ali Rahsepar,
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh,
Mohammad Safariyan,
Mohsen Nemati,
Maryam Mohammadi, Parisa Abbasi-Parizad,
Sara Darbandi,
Saeed Akhlaghi,
Gordon A A Ferns
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ABSTRACT: A randomized controlled clinical trial in 196 obese subjects was performed to examine the effectiveness of body acupuncture on body weight loss, lipid profile and immunogenic and inflammatory markers. Subjects received authentic (cases) or sham (controls) acupuncture for 6 weeks in combination with a low-calorie diet. In the following 6 weeks, they received the low-calorie diet alone. Subjects were assessed at the beginning, 6 and 12 weeks later. Heat shock protein (Hsps)-27, 60, 65, 70 antibody titers and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were also assessed. A significant reduction in measures of adiposity and improvement in lipid profile were observed in both groups, but the levels of anti-Hsp-antibodies decreased in cases only. A reduction in anthropometric and lipid profile in cases were sustained in the second period, however, only changes in lipid profile were observed in the control group. Anti-Hsp-antibodies and hs-CRP levels continued to be reduced in cases but in controls only the reduction in hs-CRP remained. Changes in anthropometric parameters, lipid profile, and anti-Hsp-antibodies were more evident in cases. Body acupuncture in combination with diet restriction was effective in enhancing weight loss and improving dyslipidemia.
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 01/2012; 2012:603539. · 1.66 Impact Factor
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Homa Falsoleiman,
Mashalla Dehghani,
Mohsen Moohebati,
Afsoon Fazlinezhad,
Mahdi Hassanzadeh Daloee,
Daryoush Hamidi Alamdari,
Habib Ollah Esmaily,
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh,
Shima Tavallaie,
Amir Ali Rahsepar,
Roghayeh Paydar,
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Kazemi-Bajestani,
Hossein Pourghadam-Yari, Parisa Abbasi Parizad,
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan,
Gordon A Ferns
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ABSTRACT: In this study we aimed to assess the changes in pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) after the placement of either a drug-eluting-stent (DES) or bare-metal-stent (BMS) in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with either BMS or DES were undertaken for 152 patients (82 in the BMS and 70 in the DES groups respectively). PAB values were measured 24h before and after PCI.
Baseline PAB values were 80.68 (64.98-99.37) and 98.86 (64.70-140.62) for BMS and DES group, respectively, which were not significantly different between the 2 groups (P>0.05). Following PCI, median PAB values decreased to 72.10 (61.40-96.13) and 81.40 (54.15-121.90) in BMS and DES groups, respectively. The reduction was significant in both BMS and DES groups (P<0.05). The changes in PAB values were -2.81 (-12.76 to 2.31) for BMS and -2.82 (-29.88 to 8.93) for DES group, which were not significantly different between the 2 groups (P>0.05).
We found that the reported difference in clinical outcomes following DES or BMS implantation cannot be attributed to differences in early changes in oxidative stress induction as assessed by changes in PAB values.
Clinical biochemistry 11/2010; 44(2-3):160-4. · 2.02 Impact Factor
