Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 294-299.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.02.025

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Epigenetic modification and the regulatory mechanism of moxibustion in inflammatory bowel disease

Huang Yan1, 2, Dou Chuan-zi1, Huang Ren-jia2, Wu Lu-yi2, Wang Shuo-shuo3, Weng Zhi-jun1, Feng Hui4, Bao Chun-hui1, Liu Hui-rong1, Wu Huan-gan1   

  1. 1Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridan, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; 2Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China; 3Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200082, China; 4Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai 200052, China
  • Received:2014-12-19 Online:2015-01-08 Published:2015-01-08
  • Contact: Liu Hui-rong, M.D., Investigator, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridan, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China Corresponding author: Wu Huan-gan, M.D., Professor, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridan, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
  • About author:Huang Yan, M.D., Attending physician, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridan, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2015CB554501; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81303033; the grant from Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, No. 20134013; the Three-Year Action Plan for Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Development, No. ZYSNXD-CC-ZDYJ053

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: With the rapid development of science and technology, epigenetic modifications become hot, and the mechanism in inflammatory bowel disease has been partly revealed. Moxibustion can significantly improve the patients’ symptoms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and reduce the side effects of drugs. But its underlying mechanisms have not been elucidated.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the possible mechanisms of the epigenetic modification influencing inflammatory bowel diseases, to summarize the effector mechanisms of moxibustion in inflammatory bowel diseases, and to investigate the regulatory role of epigenetic modification in inflammatory bowel diseases by moxibustion.
METHODS: A computer-based online research of PubMed, CNKI and VIP databases was performed with the key words of “epigenetic; inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; DNA methylation; histone modification; miRNA; moxibustion” in Chinese and English.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The correlation of epigenetic modification with inflammatory bowel disease occurrence and development is elaborated. The mechanisms in inflammatory bowel disease have been related from DNA methylation, histone modifications and miRNA targets. The mechanism of moxibustion on inflammatory bowel disease is primarily associated with immune regulation, and its anti-inflammatory mechanism may be affected by epigenetic regulation of inflammatory cytokines.



中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程


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Key words: Epigenomics, Organisms, Genetically Modified, Gastroenterology, Moxibustion

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