Cortisol Secretion and Subsequent Impaired Lymphopoiesis after Starvation Can Be Reduced by Moxibustion Treatment

Table 1

Effect of Mox treatment on the cellularity of thymus cells^††.

Groups	Total count (×10^7 cells)	Differential cell counts (×10^7 cells)
		Double negative	Double positive	CD4+	CD8+
Nonstarved	11.6 ± 0.68	0.51 ± 0.02	9.18 ± 0.48	1.29 ± 0.19	0.61 ± 0.08
Starved, sham-treated	2.58 ± 0.32^###	0.41 ± 0.11	0.85 ± 0.16^###	1.02 ± 0.10	0.31 ± 0.03^##
Starved, Mox-treated	4.25 ± 0.56	0.34 ± 0.07	2.70 ± 0.42	0.88 ± 0.08	0.35 ± 0.02

^††Mox treatment was performed four times, and then, mice were starved for 2 days. At 4 days, following the start of starvation, total cell counts of collected thymus cells were obtained. Differential cell counts of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ cells were determined by flow cytometric analysis. Values are presented as the means ± standard error of the mean (n = 6). and vs. the nonstarved group. and vs. sham-treated controls. Mox, moxibustion.