Fig. 7

Evaluation of regulating the expression of inflammatory factors and immune cells. a Serum concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-17A) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-β1). b–e FACS data is shown on the left panel. The right panel shows the summarized data. G1: ST36 TP-CCPA-solution, G2: ST36 TP-CCPA-Gel, G3: ST36 TP@HSA NPs-CCPA-Gel, G4: Non-acupoint TP@HSA NPs-CCPA-Gel. Data are reported as the mean ± SD (n = 6, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001)