Objective To observe the changes of immunological parameters and the effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP),schonlein-Henoch purpura(HSP) and mucocutaneoas lymph node syn-drome(kawasaki disease, KD).Methods T cell subsets and serum immunoglobulins and complements were measured with the flow cytometry and enhanced trubidimetric immunoassay. Routine therapy combined with IVIG. Results CD3+ CD4+ T cells were de-creased in children with ITP accompanied by increased serum IgG;Serum IgA and CD3+ T cells were increased in children with HSP; CD3+ CD8+ T cells were decreased in children with KD. Clinical features were markedly improved after treatment with IVIG. It was noted that the incidence of damage to coronary artery decreased after the use of IVIG. Conclusions T cell subsets, serum immunoglobulins should undergo the clinical routine examinations in ITP,HSP and KD. Early administration of IVIG might be important to improve disease prognosis and shorten its course of treatment in children with three kinds of immunology related diseases.

Objective To investigate the modulatory effect of substance P (SP) on proton-gated current in the membrane of rat trgeminal ganglion (TG) neurons and its underlying mechanism. Methods Neurons were isolated mechanically and enzymatically from TG of rat. Whole-cell patch clamp technique was used for recording the proton-gated current in freshly isolated neurons. Results Proton-gated currents recorded from rat TG neurons could be classified into 4 distinct types: T-type, S-type, B-type and O-type in the present study. Co-application of SP and proton potentiated S-type proton-gated currents in a concentration-dependent manner, and the potentiation was not blocked by SP receptor antagonist, GR82334; co-application of SP and proton potentiated B-type proton-gated currents, and GR82334 and intracellular dialysis of GDP-β-S blocked the potentiation of SP. Pre-application of SP inhibited B-type proton-gated current, especially the transient component. The inhibition could not be reversed by pretreatment wit-h GR82334. Conclusions The mechanisms of modulation of proton-gated current by SP is associated with the difference of their makeup of subunits of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs), and there may be an allosteric position of SP in the outside framework of ASICs in neuronal membrane.