Herbs-Partitioned Moxibustion Combined with Acupuncture Inhibits TGF-β1-Smad-Snail-Induced Intestinal Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Crohn’s Disease Model Rats

Figure 2

The protein expression levels of TGF-β1, TβR1, TβR2, Smad3, and Snail and the corresponding GAPDH were determined using Western blot analysis. The following histogram shows the quantitative densitometry of the blots in each group (n= 10 for each group). White space was used to make explicit for the grouping of blots cropped from different parts of the same gel or from different gels. Values are the means ± SD. In all panels, ###P<0.001, ##P<0.01, and #P<0.05 vs. NC. △△△P<0.001 vs. MC. ▲▲▲P <0.001, ▲▲P <0.01, and ▲P <0.05 vs. HPM+AC.

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