舌苔形成的分子机制研究进展

Advances in the Study on Molecular Mechanism for the Development of Coating of the Tongue

望舌苔是中医望诊的重要内容之一,目前尝试借助于现代医学手段来阐明舌苔形成机制的研究逐渐增多,分别从舌苔与凋亡相关基因、舌苔与表皮生长因子及其受体的关系方面进行了综述。

Observing the coating of the tongue is one of the important contents of observing diagnose in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In recent years, the researches on the development of coating of the tongue using modem medical methods are increasing. The summary is done from the aspects of relationship between thick ＆ thin tongue and expression of apoptosis gene, and the relationship between the content of epidermal growth factor and the expression of the receptors.