Moxibustion down-regulates colonic epithelial cell apoptosis and repairs tight junctions in rats with Crohn’s disease

Table 3 Expressions of occludin, claudin-1 and zonula occludens-1 in rat colonic epithelium in different groups (n = 10, mean ± SD)

Group	Occludin	Claudin-1	ZO-1
NC	1.26 ± 0.12	0.25 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.02
MC	0.18 ± 0.05b	0.05 ± 0.01b	0.02 ± 0.01b
SASP	0.27 ± 0.04b,c	0.08 ± 0.02b	0.05 ± 0.01b,d
MWM	0.48 ± 0.10b,d,e	0.12 ± 0.02b,d,e	0.08 ± 0.01b,d,f
HPM	0.64 ± 0.09b,d,f	0.17 ± 0.03adf	0.11 ± 0.01b,d,f,g

^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs normal group; ^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs model group; ^eP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs SASP group; ^gP < 0.01 vs MWM group. ZO-1: Zonula occludens-l; NC: Normal control; MC: Model control; SASP: Salicylazosulphapyridine group; MWM: Mild-warm moxibustion group; HPM: Herbs-partitioned moxibustion group.