Acupuncture Needling, Electroacupuncture, and Fire Needling Improve Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-Like Skin Lesions through Reducing Local Inflammatory Responses

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Acupuncture needling, electroacupuncture, and fire needling reduced the expression levels of inflammatory cytokines in IMQ-induced skin lesions. The expression levels of (a) IL-1β, (b) IL-17A, and (c) IL-23p40 in skin lesions and (d) IL-23p40 and (e) IL-22 in serum were detected by ELISA. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 6 /group). <0.001 vs Ctrl; <0.01, <0.001 vs model, ^∧∧∧∧ p<0.001, ^∧∧ p<0.01, ^∧ p<0.05 vs MTX.

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