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Objective To investigate effect of Rho kinase combined with Sheng Mai injection on tumor necrosis factor alpha ( TNF-α) , interleukin-10 (IL-10), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and adhesion molecule CD11/CD18 in patients withⅡ°superficial burn.Methods 48 cases patients withⅡ°superficial burn were collected and divided into experimental group and control group, according to different therapy, 24 cases in each group.The two groups were given symptomatic treatment such as anti-infectious, keep warm, anti-shock, pain-relieve and wound-healing treatment, the control group were given Rho kinase on the basis of symptomatic treatment, and experimental group were given Sheng Mai injection on the basis of control group, for a course of two weeks.The serum TNF-α, IL-10, ICAM-1 and CD11/CD18 levels were compared after treatment. ResuIts After treatment, the serum TNF-α, IL-10, ICAM-1 and CD11/CD18 levels after treatment were lower than those before treatment in two groups (P<0.05).Compared with control group, the levels of TNF-α, IL-10, ICAM-1 and CD11/CD18 were lower than those of experimental group (P<0.05).ConcIusion Rho kinase combined with Sheng Mai injection could significantly reduce the levels of TNF-α, IL-10, ICAM-1 and CD11/CD18 in patients with Ⅱ°superficial burn.
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BACKGROUND: Neutrophils or monocytes separated in vitro by the adherence to plastic surface are known to be activated by surface adherence itself and subsequent experimental data might be altered by surface adherence. In the process of surface adherence, adhesion molecules have a clear role in intracellular signal pathway of cellular activation. Human alveolar macrophages(HAM) are frequently purified by the adherence procedure after bronchoalveolar lavage. But the experimental data of many reports about alveolar macrophages have ignored the possibility of adhesion-induced cellular activation. METHOD: Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in the person whose lung of either side was confirmed to be normal by chest CT. With the measurement of hydrogen peroxide release from adherent HAM to plastic surface and non-adherent HAM with or without additional stimulation of phorbol myristate acetate(PMA) or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP), we observed the effect of the adherence to plastic surface. We also evaluated the effect of various biological surfaces on adhesion-induced activation of HAM. Then, to define the intracellular pathway of signal transduction, pretreatment with cycloheximide, pertussis toxin and anti-CD 11/CD18 monoclonal antibody was done and we measured hydrogen peroxide in the culture supernatant of HAM. RESULTS: 1) The adherence itself to plastic surface directly stimulated hydrogen peroxide release from human alveolar macrophages and chemical stimuli such as phorbol myristate acetate(PMA) or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine(fMLP) colud not increase hydrogen peroxide release in these adherent macrophages which is already activated. 2) PMA activated human alveolar macrophages irrespective of the state of adhesion. However, fMLP stimulated the release of hydrogen peroxide from the adherent macrophages, but not from the non-adherent macrophages. 3) HAM adherent to A549 cell(type II alveolar epithelium-like human cell line) monolayer released more hydrogen peroxide in response to both PMA and fMLP. This adherence-dependent effect of fMLP was blocked by pretreatment of macrophages with cycloheximide, pertussis toxin and anti-CD18 monoclonal antibody. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the stimulatory effect of PMA and fMLP can not be found in adherent macrophage because of the activation of human alveolar macrophage by the adherence to plastic surface and the cells adhered to biologic surface such as alveolar epithelial cells are appropriately responsive to these stimuli. It is also likely that the effect of fMLP on the adherent macrophage requires new protein synthesis via G protein pathway and is dependent on the adhesion between alveolar macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells by virtue of CD11/CD18 adhesion molecules.