title: [Effect of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine on immune function in patient of acute cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the change of serum soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in acute cerebral infarction patients treated with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine (TCM-WM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum sVCAM-1 level of patients treated with TCM-WM or western medicine alone was measured by ELISA, and compared with that of healthy person.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TCM-WM could reduce the sVCAM-1 level in patients with cerebral infarction (P < 0.05). The therapeutic effect of TCM-WM was better than that of western treatment alone, P < 0.05.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic mechanism of TCM-WM may be related with the modulation on immune status of patients.
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen People's Hospital, Guangdong (518020).
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1