[Effect of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine on immune function in patient of acute cerebral infarction].
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.
Lai
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Shenzhen People's Hospital, Guangdong (518020).
Geng
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Wang
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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
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1