Crohn's disease (CD) is a common chronic non-specific gastrointestinal inflammatory disease. Studies showed that acupuncture-moxibustion (A&M) can effectively relieve the symptoms of CD and its clinical efficacy has been confirmed in patients. In this paper, by reviewing the relevant articles for the mechanism studies on CD treated with A&M in recent years, it is discovered that the effect mechanism of A&M on CD includes two aspects, i.
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October 2015
Background. Uremic pruritus (UP) is a common symptom in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Objective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to construct an RNA-interference plasmid (p-HIF-1α RNAi) targeting the human HIF-1α gene and assess its effects on HIF-1α expression and its anti-tumour functions in vitro. p-HIF-1α RNAi was constructed and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and western blot were performed to detect HIF-1α expression in HCT116 cells following transfection of p-HIF-1α RNAi and p-control.
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