Open AccessMoxibustion combined with acupuncture increases tight junction protein expression in Crohn’s disease patients
Author(s) -
Haitao Shang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i16.4986
Subject(s) - moxibustion , zusanli , occludin , mesalazine , acupuncture , medicine , gastroenterology , in situ hybridization , herb , tight junction , inflammatory bowel disease , pathology , traditional medicine , electroacupuncture , gene expression , biology , disease , medicinal herbs , alternative medicine , biochemistry , gene , microbiology and biotechnology
To investigate the effect of herb-partitioned moxibustion combined with acupuncture on the expression of intestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) proteins.