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To evaluate the effects of combined therapy of rhIL 11 and rhG CSF on monkeys irradiated with 8 0 Gy 60 Co ? ray. Animals were divided into control ( n =4) and rhIL 11+rhG CSF treatment group ( n =4). After irradiation the control was given no treatment, while the treatment group was given rhIL 11 50?g/(kg.d)+rhG CSF 10?g/(kg.d) and other symptomatic supportive treatment whenever needed. The results showed that all animals underwent nausea, diarrhea and fever. After irradiation, all blood cells in peripheral blood of the animals declined in quantity rapidly. Animals of the control died of hemorrhage and infection. Their mean surviving time after ? ray exposure was 18 2 days. Aninals of the treatment group all survived on the 45th day after exposure. Their peripheral blood cell counts recovered to near baseline level. Histopathological observation revealed that bone marrow cells of treated animals proliferated actively. The results suggested that a combination of rhIL 11 and rhG CSF treatment was significantly effective in extremely severe hematopoietic acute radiation sickness.
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In order to evaluate the changes in T cell subsets after acute irradiation injury, and investigate the mechanism of deficiency of cellular immunity in acute irradiation syndrome, Balb/c mice were exposed to a single total body irradiation of 5Gy gamma rays from a 60 Co source. On days 10, 28 and 120, the amounts of CD4 + and CD8 + subsets in spleen cells were evaluated by flow cytometry (FCM), and expression of IL 4 gene in ConA stimulated spleen cells was evaluated by reverse transcription linked polymerase chain reaction, in which ?-actin gene was used as an internal control. It was found that after irradiation, the ratio of CD4 + /CD8 + became significantly higher than that of the controls, and then the ratio lowered gradually until day 120. However, it still did not return to the level of the controls. On day 10, expression of IL 4 gene at mRNA level increased significantly. The results indicated that CD8 + subset was more radiosensitive than CD4 + , and the pattern of cytokine seeretion shifted to that of Th2 soon after irradiation.