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

Table 3

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

Groups	Total count (×10^7 cells)	Differential cell counts (×10^7 cells)
		T cells	B cells	T/B cell ratio
Nonstarved	14.2 ± 1.39	5.32 ± 0.66	7.01 ± 0.97	0.77 ± 0.05
Starved, sham-treated	7.17 ± 0.76^###	3.68 ± 0.32^#	2.86 ± 0.31^###	1.31 ± 0.06^###
Starved, Mox-treated	9.53 ± 0.73	3.60 ± 0.32	4.94 ± 0.39	0.73 ± 0.03

^††Mox treatment was performed four times, and at 2 days, following the start of starvation, the total cell counts of collected spleen cells were ascertained. Differential cell counts were determined by flow cytometric analysis, and the number of CD3⁺ T and CD19⁺ B cells was estimated. 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.