title: Alterations of erythrocyte ATPase activity and oxygen consumption in patients with liver-blood deficiency syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the pathophysiology of erythrocyte energy metabolic changes of patients with the traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) liver-blood deficiency syndrome (LBDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Erythrocyte membrane ATPase activity and oxygen consumption rate (OCR) were determined in 66 patients with LBDS, including 35 patients with iron deficiency anemia and 31 patients with chronic aplastic anemia. Thirty healthy adults served as controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ATPase activity and OCR were decreased in patients with LBDS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The decreased erythrocyte ATPase activity and OCR might cause the energy hypometabolism in LBDS patients.
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: Lin-Jie Shi, Zi-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Lin Chen, Zhi-Hua Xin, Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Xu
keywords: Adenosine triphosphatase; Aplastic anemia; Cell membrane; Iron-deficiency anemia; Liver-blood deficiency syndrome; Oxygen consumption; erythrocytes