Research Article

Repeated Electroacupuncture Persistently Elevates Adenosine and Ameliorates Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Rats

Table 3

Effect of EA treatment on TNF-α mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (fold change).

Treatment groupTNF-α mRNA

Sham-control61.52 ± 1.08#
CIA-control64.16 ± 1.57
CIA-EA62.28 ± 0.70#

versus the sham-control group; versus the CIA-control group.