Effect of Xuebijing Injection on expression of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α in patients with severe pneumonia / 中草药
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
; (24): 1188-1191, 2017.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-852917
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To observe the effect of Xuebijing Injection on the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in patients with severe pneumonia.Methods:
Totally 100 patients with severe pneumonia were randomly assigned to the conventional treatment group (n = 50) and Xuebijing treatment group (n = 50). Each group was given conventional treatment, while in the Xuebijing treatment group, Xuebijing Injection was additionally given for consecutive 7 d. Ten healthy people were chosen as normal control group. The changes of patients' body temperature, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein, arterial oxygenation, and oxygenation index in two groups were compared. The expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α were detected by ELISA method at different time points.Results:
In conventional treatment group and Xuebijing treatment group, the patients' body temperature, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein, arterial oxygenation, and oxygenation index were significantly improved after treatment (P < 0.01). Compared with conventional treatment group, in Xuebijing treatment group, these indicators were significantly improved after treatment (P < 0.05 or 0.01). Compared with normal control group, in conventional treatment group and Xuebijing treatment group, the expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly higher. Compared with the conventional treatment group, in Xuebijing treatment group, the expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α had no significant difference before the treatment. On days 3 and 7 after Xuebijing administration, the expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α decreased than those before the treatment. The expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in Xuebijing treatment group significantly decreased than those in the conventional treatment group.Conclusion:
Xuebijing Injection can reduce the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in patients with severe pneumonia, thus this agent has certain auxiliary therapeutic effect in the treatment of patients with severe pneumonia.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
Health problem:
Pneumonia
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article