title: [Effect of erigeron injection on platelet level of CD62p and serum content of TNF-alpha and IL-6 in patients with acute cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effect of Erigeron injection (El) on positive expression rate of CD62p in platelet and content of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in serum of patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-eight patients with ACI were randomly divided into the treated group (n = 35) and the control group (n = 33). Conventional treatment were given to both groups, and EI 40 ml/d were given additionally to the treated group, the treatment course for both groups was 15 days. The positive expression of platelet CD62p and the serum TNF-alpha and IL-6 in patients before and after treatment were determined with flow cytometric (FCM) and electrochemical-luminescence (ECL) techniques respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total curative effect in the treated group were significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Levels of platelet CD62p and serum TNF-alpha and IL-6 in ACI patients before and after treatment were significant higher than those in the healthy group (P < 0.05), all the three parameters were significantly decreased after treatment, and the lowering in the treated group was more significant than that in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of El on ACI patients may relate to its action in down-regulating the expression of platelet CD62p, alleviating the immune response and inflammatory injury of central nervous system induced by cytokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Foshan Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangdong. fswjl2004@sina.com
authors.forename: Jin-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D008517:Phytotherapy; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D015850:Interleukin-6; D019007:P-Selectin; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha