Herb-partitioned moxibustion alleviates colon injuries in ulcerative colitis rats

Table 2 Cytokines associated with the development of ulcerative colitis (down-regulated)

Cytokine (down)	FC (M/N)	P value	Cytokine (down)	FC (M/N)	P value
MuSK	0.025485	0.26	GM-CSF	0.558641	0.01
MMP-13	0.191098	0.50	TRAIL	0.561294	0.73
ICK	0.206558	0.99	GH	0.583295	0.11
IFN-γ	0.210272	0.60	TLR4	0.605775	0.09
TNF-α	0.232403	0.54	CCR4	0.614899	0.15
IL-1α	0.283395	0.64	VEGF	0.630412	0.62
MIP-3α	0.297499	0.82	TIMP-2	0.636711	0.48
EGFR	0.362763	0.82	TGF-β1	0.644985	0.19
MMP-2	0.366125	0.94	CD106	0.6635	0.04
MIF	0.441963	0.52	ICAM-1	0.701176	0.3
MIP-1α	0.446228	0.69	Thrombospondin	0.708378	0.09
Ubiquitin	0.485159	0.59	IDE	0.711151	0.27
TIMP-3	0.489656	0.65	β-NGF	0.727731	0.13
MIP-2	0.513305	0.68	IC-3	0.748519	0.66
TIE-2	0.528072	0.81	MDC	0.749424	0.13
TGF-β3	0.550782	0.08	VEGF-C	0.768934	0.42
Growth hormone R	0.553239	0.50	CNTF	0.769193	0.02

FC: Fold change; M/N: Average of normalized result in the model group/average of normalized result in the normal group.