title: [The effects of Chinese medicine herb mixture on cell-mediated immune functions and four kinds of acute-phase reaction proteins in burn patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for immunomodulators to improve postburn immune function disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied the Chinese medicinal herbs. On the basis of previous data, we prepared a kind of Chinese medicinal herbal mixture and studied its effects in vivo and in vitro.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mixture could restore the cell-mediated immune response such as the production of interleukin 2 and the T cell proliferative ability, and could also adjust the levels of serum acute-phase reaction proteins, i.e, haptoglobin, prealbumin, transferrin and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese herbal mixture showed immune regulatory effects on body defence imbalance and also on acute phase reaction proteins in burn patients.
authors.affiliation: Burn Reseach Institute, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007376:Interleukin-2