title: [Effect of acupuncture on T-lymphocyte and its subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with malignant neoplasm].
abstract: Effect of acupuncture on the T-lymphocyte and its subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with malignant neoplasm has been researched in this study. 51 patients were divided into two groups: one in acupuncture treatment and the other without any treatment. 48 healthy adults were also studied as normal control group. The results showed that the percentages of OKT3+, OKT4+, OKT8+ cells in the peripheral blood of the 51 patients were lower than those of the normal adults respectively. After the acupuncture treatment, the percentages of OKT3+, OKT4+, OKT8+ cells were obviously higher than those before acupuncture; the control group of patients showed no significant variation. This result revealed that acupuncture seemed to have more affect on OKT4+ cells than on OKT8+ cells. From our study we believe that acupuncture can be used as one of the many treatments for patients with cancer.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine of W.C.U.M.S.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*