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Objective To investigate the roles of serum visfatin and VE-cadherin in the pathogenesis of psoriasis vulgaris and their clinical significance. Methods Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the serum levels of visfatin and VE-cadherin in 78 patients with psoriasis vulgaris before and after treatment and in 30 normal human controls. The relationship between the two parameters and disease activity was evaluated. Results The serum levels of visfatin and VE-cadherin were significantly higher in untreated patients with psoriasis than in the normal controls (I = 10.53, 10.16, both P< 0.01), and in patients with active psoriasis than in those with stable psoriasis (t = 12.47, 13.11, both P< 0.01). The treatment caused a marked decrease in the serum levels of visfatin and VE-cadherin in patients. The serum level of visfatin was positively associated with the level of VE-cadherin and PASI scores (r = 0.58, 0.64, P < 0.01) in patients with psoriasis. Conclusion Visfatin and VE-cadherin may be used as parameters for evaluating disease activity of psoriasis vulgaris.
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Objective To study the influence on T-lymphocyte subsets in herpes zoster with adjuvant treatment of compound glycyrrhizin.Methods 93 patients with herpes zoster were randomly divided into two groups:control group(46 cases,treated with antiviral drugs) and 1 treatment group(47 cases,treated with compound glycyrrhizin and antiviral drugs).The expression of T-lymphocyte subsets on the T cell surface in patients and control group were determined by flow cytometry.Results The expression of CD3,CD4,CD8,CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly different in the treatment group and control group.Conclusion Compound glycyrrhizic adjuvant therapy could not only shorten check blister,acetanilide,scar tissue and recovery time,reduce the sequela of neuralgia,but also affect the expression state of T lymphocyte subsets with herpes zoster,improve the cellular immune function with herpes zoster.