INVESTIGATION OF REALGAR IN THE TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA
- Author:
Mengchang WANG
;
Shaanxi LIU
;
Xinmin LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
realgar;
multiple myeloma;
interleukin-6;
therapy
- From:
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
2005;17(1):94-96
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical effect of realgar on multiple myeloma and to investigate its mechanism. Methods MTT and double antibody cramped ELISA assay were used to detect the activity of interleukin-6(IL-6) and level of soluble interleukin-6 receptor(sIL-6R) of the bone marrow supernant in 15 multiple myeloma patients treated by realgar or not. Results The activity of interleukin-6 and level of soluble interleukin-6 receptor of multiple myeloma patients were significantly higher than that of control group(P<0.01). They were not apparently decreased after realgar was used for 50 days(P>0.05).The interleukin-6 activity of stage Ⅲ patients were much higher than that of stage Ⅰ or Ⅱ(P<0.05). There was no difference of the level of soluble interleukin-6 receptor between two groups(P>0.05). For the 15 patients who were treated by using realgar, 3 got complete remission(CR), 5 got partial remission(PR), 7 came to not remission(NR). Conclusion Realgar could not decrease the activity of interleukin-6 and level of soluble interleukin-6 receptor so as to inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells.
