[The effects of small dosage inactivated BCG vaccine on cellular immune function of pulmonary chronic obstructive disease patients with deficiency of lung-qi].
To investigate the effects of the small dosage inactivated BCG vaccine on the cellular immune function of the patients suffered from pulmonary chronic obstructive disease with deficiency of the Lung-Qi, the authors observed the patients' immune function before and after BCG treatment for half a year.


RESULTS
The peripheral blood T lymphocytes subsefs (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD4/CD8) and the conversion ratio of lymphocyte of the patients both were significantly lower than those of the healthy people (P < 0.01). But after the treatment of the small dosage inactivated BCG vaccine for half a year, these parameters of the patients were improved (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). It indicated that the small dosage inactivated BCG vaccine could improve the damaged cellular immune function.
Zhao
X
X
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou.
Xu
L
L
Hu
M X
MX
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D019413:Qi; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated