Influence of Wind-expelling and Blood-cooling Therapy on T Cell Subsets and Natural Killer Cells in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
- VernacularTitle:祛风凉血法对慢性特发性血小板减少性紫癜患者T细胞亚群及NK细胞的影响
- Author:
Zhongwu WANG
;
Ying SUN
;
Honggwmg YANG
;
Tianqi YU
;
Mei DAI
;
Zhixiong CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC/TCD therapy;
DISPELLING WIND;
COOLING BLOOD TO STOP BLEEDING;
T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS/immunology;
KILLER CELLS, NATURAL/ immunology
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2004;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective] To explore the effect of wind-expelling and blood-cooling therapy in treating chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) . [Methods] Thirteen cases of chronic ITP differentiated in TCM as heat-induced blood extravasation (group A) were treated with wind-expelling and blood-cooling therapy. The changes of peripheral T-lymphocyte subsets and natural killer (NK) cells before and after treatment were observed and compared with the normal volunteers (group B). [Results] Before treatment, peripheral T-lymphocyte subsets of CD3 and CD4 levels, CD4/CD8 ratio and NK cells count were lower in group A than those in group B while CD8 level was higher ( P