Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome

Guo-lin Wu; Na-yuan Wu; Tian-yi Li; Yong-sheng Fan; Guo-you Yu; Wen-wen Lu

doi:10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y

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Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome

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- Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 21, Issue 10, Pages: 778-783(2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University,Hangzhou,China
  2. Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine,Hangzhou,China
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  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81473604)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y
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- Published：2015，
  
  Published Online：3 November 2015，
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Wu, Gl., Wu, Ny., Li, Ty. et al. Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 778–783 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y

Guo-lin Wu, Na-yuan Wu, Tian-yi Li, et al. Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 21(10):778-783(2015)
Wu, Gl., Wu, Ny., Li, Ty. et al. Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 778–783 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y DOI：

Guo-lin Wu, Na-yuan Wu, Tian-yi Li, et al. Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 21(10):778-783(2015) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y.

摘要

To investigate the effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin

supplementing qi

and activating blood on the reproductive endocrine-immune network and its mechanisms in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). Seventy pSS patients were randomly assigned to two groups using a randomized digital table: the integrative therapy group (36 cases) and the control group (34 cases). Thirty healthy subjects were taken as a normal group. The control group was treated with hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets alone

and the integrative therapy group was treated by Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin

supplementing qi

and activating blood combined with hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets. The treatment course was 6 months for both groups. Before and after treatment

serum estradiol (E2)

testosterone (T)

luteinizing hormone (LH)

prolactin (PRL) by radioimmunoassay and immunoglobulin (IgG) by immunodiffusion

erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by Westergren

interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay were determined. E2 and T levels in all patients were lower than those of normal subjects before treatment (P<0.05) and were increased significantly after 6-month treatment (P<0.05). ESR

FSH

IgG

IFN - γ

IL - 4 and ratios of E2/T

and IFN -γ/IL in the patients were higher than those of normal subjects before the treatments (P<0.05)

and were reduced significantly after the treatments (P<0.05). The T and IFN - γ levels and E2/T ratio in the patients treated with integrative therapy were reduced significantly compared with the control group (P<0.05). However

the PRL levels before and after treatment were not significantly changed in the two groups (P>0.05). The ratios of E2/T and IFN -γ/IL-4

and levels of IgG and ESR were positively correlated before and after treatment (P<0.05). The ratios of E2/T and IFN -γ/IL-4 might be used as indicators of pSS activity. Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin

supplementing qi

and activating blood combined with Western medicine could improve the therapeutic effect by regulating the reproductive endocrine-immune network in pSS patients.

Abstract

To investigate the effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin

supplementing qi

and the integrative therapy group was treated by Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin

supplementing qi

and activating blood combined with hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets. The treatment course was 6 months for both groups. Before and after treatment

serum estradiol (E2)

testosterone (T)

luteinizing hormone (LH)

prolactin (PRL) by radioimmunoassay and immunoglobulin (IgG) by immunodiffusion

erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by Westergren

FSH

IgG

IFN - γ

IL - 4 and ratios of E2/T

and IFN -γ/IL in the patients were higher than those of normal subjects before the treatments (P<0.05)

the PRL levels before and after treatment were not significantly changed in the two groups (P>0.05). The ratios of E2/T and IFN -γ/IL-4

supplementing qi

and activating blood combined with Western medicine could improve the therapeutic effect by regulating the reproductive endocrine-immune network in pSS patients.

关键词

primary Sjogren’s syndromeChinese Herbal Medicinenourishing Yinsupplementing qiactivating bloodreproductive endocrine-immune networkdisease activity

Keywords

primary Sjogren’s syndromeChinese Herbal Medicinenourishing Yinsupplementing qiactivating bloodreproductive endocrine-immune networkdisease activity

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