CEN Yuwen1, LIU Ying2, JIA Weidong1, et al. Relation between Peripheral Blood T lymphocyte Subsets and Chinese Medicine Syndrome in HIV/AIDS Patients[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2012, 53(12): 1020-1024.
CEN Yuwen1, LIU Ying2, JIA Weidong1, et al. Relation between Peripheral Blood T lymphocyte Subsets and Chinese Medicine Syndrome in HIV/AIDS Patients[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2012, 53(12): 1020-1024.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2012.12.001.
Relation between Peripheral Blood T lymphocyte Subsets and Chinese Medicine Syndrome in HIV/AIDS Patients
Objective To analyze the relation between peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and Chinese medicine syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome(HIV/AIDS) patients.Methods Totally 113 HIV/AIDS patients were investigated and followed up for 12 months.Man-machine system was used to identify the syndromes according to the diagnostic materials.CD4+ counts and CD8+ counts were monitored.The relation between peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and Chinese medicine syndrome was analyzed.Results At the beginning
the top four Chinese medicine syndromes were liver depression and qi stagnation syndrome
qi-yin deficiency syndrome
spleen qi deficiency syndrome and liver-stomach disharmony syndrome.After 12 months of follow-up
the top four Chinese medicine syndromes were liver depression and qi stagnation syndrome
qi-yin deficiency syndrome
spleen qi deficiency syndrome and spleen-kidney yang deficiency syndrome.At the beginning
CD4+ and CD8+ counts in liver-stomach disharmony syndrome were significantly higher than those in spleen qi deficiency syndrome and qi-yin deficiency syndrome(P<0.05 or P<0.01)
and CD8+ counts in liver depression and qi stagnation syndrome were significantly higher than that in spleen qi deficiency syndrome(P<0.01).After 12 months of follow-up
there was no significant difference between syndromes in CD4+ and CD8+ counts(P>0.05).There was no significant difference in immune reconstitution of CD4+ of all syndromes before and after highly active antiretroviral treatment(P>0.05).There was statistical significance in correlation coefficient of initial CD8+ counts stratification and immunological response 12 months later(r=0.384
P<0.001).Conclusion The CD4+ and CD8+ counts in peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets are closely related to Chinese medicine syndrome in AIDS patients.