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Objective To explore the immune function injury and its mechanism in drug abuser.Methods The immune function changes in 50 drug abusers were compared with normal healthy populations by detection of the indexes of subgroups of Th cells, transformation rate of lymphocytes,IgA,IgM,IgG,IgE,compliment C3,C4,IL 1, IL 2,IL 6 TNF and NO.Result In peripheral blood the percentage of Th1 cell, transformation rate of lymphocyte, IgA, IgM, IgG, IgE content, compliment C4,C4, IL 1, IL 2,IL 6,and TNF levels were significantly lower than normal(P< 0.01).The value of Th1/Th2 was lower than normal as well(P< 0.05).NO content was significantly higher than normal(P< 0.001).Conclusion The mechanism of immune function injury in drug abuser might be correlative to direct injury of drugs and their inhibition effect on the thymus hypothalamus hypophysis adrenal axis.
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Objective:To explore antitumor effects of combined interleukin 2(IL 2)gene and tumor necrosis factor(TNF ?)gene therapy in nude mice model with hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods:Nude mice model with hepatocellualr carcinoma was established with BelH7402 cell line.Plasmid vector was used to transfect BelH7402 and nude mice model with the gene for human IL 2 or TNF ? alone or in combination by lipofectamine reagent and tumor size in nude mice model with BelH7402 carcinoma was measured before and after treatment to evaluate the response of the different treatment and control groups.Results:Tumor and BelH7402 transfected with IL 2 or TNF ? gene by liposome mediated were successful.Growth rates of BelH7402 transfected with IL 2 or TNF ? gene were not significantly changed,growth rate of tumor in nude mice model was significantly inhibited in combined IL 2 and TNF ? genetherapy group as compared with the other groups(P
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Objective:To investigate the changes of Th1/Th2 ratio in the PBMC and hepatocellular carcinoma tissues of patients with heptocellular carcinoma and its clinical significance.Methods:Th1/Th2 subsets and cellular factor were detected by ELISPOT and double-sandwich ELISA.Results:Th1/Th2 ratio in the PBMC and hepatocellular carcinoma tissues of patients with heptocellular carcinoma,Th1 sebset expressing cellular factor IFN-?,IL-2,IL-12 were significantly lower,and Th2 sebset expressing cellular factor IL-4,IL-10 were significantly higher than those of the normal control group.PMBC in patients with heptocellular carcinoma producing Th1 sebset cytokins deduced by PHA and IL-12 were significantly higher and producing Th2 sebset cytokins were significantly lower than those in the three month after operation.Conclusion:Th1/Th2 ratio in the PBMC and hepatocellular carcinoma tissues were of imbalance and immune functional status of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma was inhibitory.Therefore,it was nessassory to enhance immune functional status of patients during treatment.