Acupuncture and Moxibustion Inhibited Intestinal Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Patients with Crohn ’s Disease Induced by TGF- β 1/Smad3/Snail Pathway: A Clinical Trial Study

ConclusionsMoxibustion at 43 °C combined with acupuncture may suppress TGF-β 1/Smad3/Snail pathway-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition of intestinal epithelial cells in Crohn’s disease patients by inhibiting the expression levels of TGF-β 1, Tβ R2, Smad3, and Snail. (Registration No. ChiCTR-IIR-16007751)
Source: Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research