title: [Study on some metal elements levels and the T lymphocyte subset of the peripheral lymphocytes in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomas].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study some metal elements levels and T lymphocyte subset of the peripheral lymphocytes in patients with nasopharyngeal.
  
  
  METHODS
  Metal elements in the patients with nasopharyngeal and normal control were detected by the Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (Flame SHIMATZV.JAPAN). T lymphocyte subset were detected by the flow cytometry (FCM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of copper was significantly higher and the level of zinc was significantly lower in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomas than those in normal control group (P < 0.01 and < 0.05 respectively). The number of CD3/CD4 cell in the patients group were less than those in normal group(P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of correlative analysis showed that there was a significant correlationship between the number of CD4 cells and levels of copper in peripheral lymphocytes of the patients group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang 524001.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc