Clinical observation on the endocrinal and immune functions in subjects with yin-deficiency constitution
| Autor: | Xiao-juan Ren, Hong-dong Wu, Shi-lin Yao, Qi Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Thyroid Gland Pituitary-Adrenal System Endocrine System Observation Young Adult Immune system Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Young adult Medicine Chinese Traditional media_common Yin deficiency business.industry Constitution Nucleosides General Medicine Middle Aged humanities Yin Deficiency Complementary and alternative medicine Multicenter study Medicine public health Immune System Immunology Female business Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Chinese journal of integrative medicine. 16(1) |
| ISSN: | 1672-0415 |
| Popis: | To explore the relationship between yin-deficiency constitution (YDC) and biochemical indexes by way of observing the endocrinal and immune functions in subjects with YDC.On the basis of epidemiological investigation, 60 subjects with YDC and 50 with gentle constitution (GC) were selected according to the pertinent criteria. From each subject, 8 mL of fasting venous blood was drawn at 8:00-9:00 in the morning, with the serum separated by centrifugation 3 000 r/min for 5 min and preserved at -70 degrees Celsius in a freezer. Serum levels of corticosterone, cortisol, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), throtropic stimulation hormone, interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and interleukin 2 (IL-2) were detected by double-antibody sandwich ELISA; cAMP/cGMP ratio was calculated, and the difference between the two constitutions in terms of these indexes was analyzed.Serum FT3 was 4.16 + or - 1.38 pmol/L in subjects with YDC, which was higher than that in subjects with GC (3.71 + or - 0.55 pmol/L), but levels of cortisol (124.58 + or - 45.36 ng/mL), ACTH (58.92 + or - 14.55 pg/mL), cGMP (66.00 + or - 18.02 pmol/mL) and FT4 (12.33 + or - 3.12 pmol/L) in YDC were lower than those in GC (13.43 + or - 2.31 pmol/L), showing significant difference (P0.05).YDC is related to some extent with the disturbances in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, cyclic nucleoside system and immune function. |
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