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Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Online) |
2011; 1: 22-30 |
Therapeutic Effect of Moxibustion on Collagen-induced Arthritis in Mice by Induction of Regulatory T Cells |
MIMURA Naomi1,2), KOGURE Morihiro1), IKEMOTO Hideshi1), SUNAGAWA Masataka1), ISHIKAWA Shintaro1), FUKUSHIMA Masaya1), ISHINO Shogo1), HISAMITSU Tadashi1) |
1) Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan 2) Shinjuku Vocational School of Acupuncture and Judo Therapy, Tokyo, Japan |
Figure 1. Experimental protocol. |
The mice were immunized with bovine type II collagen (CII) on day 0 (primary immunization) and day 21 (booster immunization). Moxibustion was applied three times a week from day 21 to day 35 post-immunization. Blood and tissue samples were collected and flow cytometry was performed on day 35. |