Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of Bushen Huoxie Paidu decoction in delaying the renal fibrosis progression and retarding the course of chronic renal failure (CRF). Methods Seventy-six patients with CRF were randomly divided into the test group (38 cases) and the control group (38 cases). Both groups were treated with relatively unified fundamental treatment, experienced prescription of Bushen Huoxie Paidu decoction was given additionally to the test group. Treatment course of each group was 3 months. The curative effect was observed and the plasma levels of laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN), procollagen type Ⅲ (PC-Ⅲ) and collagen type Ⅳ (Ⅳ-C) in both groups were determined. Results The statistic analysis showed that the total effect of two groups (81.58% and 55.26%) had a significant difference (P

A total of 59 untreated asthmatics and 47 healthy control subjects were recruited from Qianfoshan Hospital of Shandong Province from May 2011 to April 2012.Compared with healthy control subjects,the levels of IL-25 in induced sputum and eosinophils,IgE,interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin25 (IL-25) in serum samples of asthmatics were significantly higher while the level of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) were much lower.However,after inhaled glucocorticoid treatment,the levels of eosinophils,IL-4 and IL-25 decreased and IFN-γ significantly increased,while the level of IgE showed no significant changes.It was also found the expression of IL-25 was markedly positively correlated with the levels of eosinophils and IL-4 in serum and markedly negatively correlated with the levels of IFN-γ and had no relatio.