Effects of Herb-Partitioned Moxibustion on Autophagy and Immune Activity in the Colon Tissue of Rats with Crohn's Disease.

Ji-Meng Zhao Zhe Ma Handan Zheng Yan Huang Lu-Yi Wu Huan-Gan Wu Yin Shi Hui-Rong Liu Yanan Liu

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2022)

Herb-partitioned moxibustion may inhibit excessively activated autophagy and modulate the expression of immune-related factors by regulating the LKB1-mTOR-PI3KC signal transduction networks, thereby alleviating intestinal inflammation in CD rats.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
cell death
endoplasmic reticulum stress
signaling pathway
poor prognosis
cell proliferation