title: [Influence of Shenmai injection on blood serum tumor necrosis factor and bone marrow CD34+ cell's apoptosis of chronic aplastic anemia patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of Shenmai injection on chronic aplastic anemia patients and its mechanism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five chronic aplastic anemia patients were randomized into treatment group and control group. The patients of the treatment group were treated by injecting Shenmai injection and taking western medicine orally, those of the control group taking western medicine orally only, then the effect was evaluated. The concentration of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in blood serum was detected and the apoptosis of bone marrow CD34+ cell was analysed by DNA ISEL technic before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate of the treatment group and the control group was 63.6 % and 40.6 % respectively, the effect of the Shenmai injection on the treatment group was obviously better than that of the control group (P < 0.01). Before treatment, the concentration of TNF-alpha in blood serum and the apoptosis rate of bone marrow CD34+ cell of the chronic aplastic anemia patient were higher than normal (P < 0.01). After treatment, the concentration of TNF-alpha in blood serum of the treatment group decreased obviously (P < 0.01), and the apoptosis rate of bone marrow CD34+ cell of the treatment group also decreased (P < 0.05), which had significant difference compared with those of the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Shenmai injection is efficient to chronic aplastic anemia. The mechanism is decreasing the concentration of TNF-alpha in blood serum and the apoptosis rate of bone marrow CD34+ cell.
authors.affiliation: Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China. tqing405@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D031441:Ophiopogon / Q000737:chemistry; D005894:Panax / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D013197:Stanozolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C009252:fructus schizandrae, radix ginseng, radix ophiopogonis drug combination; D013197:Stanozolol