Objective:To explore Professor Yang Suqing’s experience in treating blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris and analyze the characteristics of its prescription;Methods:Outpatient prescriptions for the treatment o...Objective:To explore Professor Yang Suqing’s experience in treating blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris and analyze the characteristics of its prescription;Methods:Outpatient prescriptions for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with blood stasis syndrome were selected and extracted traditional Chinese medicine for standardized processing.Then analyze the data by using set visualization analysis and Apriori algorithm.Results:A total of 149 traditional Chinese herbs were extracted.Among them,and the top 12 commonly used herbs with frequency>30 were Licorice,Saposhnikovia,Schizonepeta tenuifolia,Angelica sinensis,Paeonia lactiflora,Ligusticum chuanxiong,Rehmannia glutinosa,Cicada slough,Oyster and Keel through the set visualization analysis,herbs association rules analysis,and herbs combination analysis.Saposhnikovia,Liquorice,Schizonepeta tenuifolia,Angelica sinensis and Paeonia Alba are the most commonly used combination of herbs by Professor Yang Suqing in the treatment of blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris.Conclusion:In addition to invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis herbs,which are preferred for the treatment of blood stasis syndromes,Saposhnikovia and Schizonepeta tenuifolia,etc.,are used to synergistically exert the functions of invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and eliminating wind expression,with remarkable efficacy.展开更多
Objective:To study the effect of Yinxieling decoction on PASI,TNF-α and IL-8 in patients with psoriasis vulgaris.Methods:A total of 120 cases of psoriasis vulgaris were divided into 4 groups according to syndrome dif...Objective:To study the effect of Yinxieling decoction on PASI,TNF-α and IL-8 in patients with psoriasis vulgaris.Methods:A total of 120 cases of psoriasis vulgaris were divided into 4 groups according to syndrome differentiation of TCM and randomized controlled method:wind heat syndrome group(group A).blood stasis syndrome group(group B) blood dryness syndrome group(group C)nd control group(group D)(n=30 per group).Patients in observation groups were treated with Yinxieling decoction,while patients in control group were treated by placebo for 8 weeks.Levels of TNT-α and IL-8 were determined before treatment.4 and 8 weeks after treatment.psoriasis area and severity index score was also performed before and after treatment.Results:psoriasis area and severity index score and serum level of TNF-α,IL-8 were significantly decreased in all groups.The decrease in three observation groups was more significant(P<0.05 or P<0.01),and the decrease in wind heat syndrome group was the most significant(P<0.01).psoriasis area and severity index was positively correlated with TNF-α and IT.-8,respectively(P<0.05).Conclusions:Yinxieling decoction has therapeutical effect on psoriasis vulgaris via regulating TNF-α and IL-8.展开更多
Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgar...Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgaris is most common. In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has attracted widespread attention in the treatment of psoriasis because of better efficacy and a lower incidence of adverse reactions. In TCM, psoriasis is considered to be caused by blood heat and the stagnation of Qi and blood. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of psoriasis vulgaris, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.展开更多
Objective:To analyze and investigate the rules for drug utilization of Chinese medicine for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with blood-heat syndrome.Methods:The literatures that met the following inclusion crite...Objective:To analyze and investigate the rules for drug utilization of Chinese medicine for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with blood-heat syndrome.Methods:The literatures that met the following inclusion criteria were screened out from China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) from January 1998 to December 2008,including the compositions and dosages of the recipes reported completely and accurately, the sample size being30 cases and the total effective rate being70%.Results:In total,289 papers meeting the inclusion criteria were retrieved,involving 301 recipes;in which 111 recipes consisting of 145 individual drugs were the function for clearing the heat,accounting for 52.84%.The three drugs with the highest utilized frequency were Radix Rehmanniae,Radix Arnebiae seu Lithospermi and Cortex Moutan.Meridian adscription of the drugs was mainly the Gan(肝)-meridian.Conclusion:There were rules for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome with Chinese medicine prescriptions.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the levels of cytokines related to T-helper (Th) 17 cells in serum and signal transducers in the psoriatic lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome (BHS) and bl...Objective: To investigate the levels of cytokines related to T-helper (Th) 17 cells in serum and signal transducers in the psoriatic lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome (BHS) and blood-stasis syndrome (BSS). Methods: Sixty patients with psoriasis vulgaris were divided into the BHS and BSS groups according to the syndrome differentiation of Chinese medicine (CM). Ten healthy subjects were considered as the control group. Cytokine levels of interleukin (IL)-17, IL-23 and IL-6 in serum were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Expression levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and STAT6 in the psoriatic lesions were determined using immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blot, and real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Results: Production of IL-17, IL-23 and IL-6 in the BHS group and BSS group were significantly increased compared with those in the control group (P〈0.05). Levels of IL-17 and IL-23 in the BHS group were higher than those in the BSS group (P〈0.05). Compared with the control group, IHC positive expressions and protein expressions of STAT3 and p38-MAPK, and the STAT3 mRNA expressions in the BHS and BSS groups were significantly higher (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01). The protein expression of STAT3 in the BHS group was significantly higher than that in the BSS group (P〈0.05). Conclusions: Cytokines in serum and signal transducers in the psoriatic lesions alter with various CM syndromes of psoriasis. The results provide scientific basis for the treatment based on syndrome differentiation of CM in treating psoriasis vulgaris.展开更多
Objective: To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine (CM) syn...Objective: To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine (CM) syndromes [blood-stasis syndrome (BSS), blood-dryness syndrome (BDS) and wind-heat syndrome (WHS)]. Methods: A total of 62 psoriatic patients were recruited and assigned to 3 groups according to their CM syndromes, including 27 patients of BSS, 21 of BDS and 14 of WHS. Another 20 sex- and age- matched healthy subjects were enrolled into the control group. Serum concentrations of multiple cytokines, including monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), soluble CD40 ligand (SCD40L), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), epidermal growth factor (EGF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-17 (IL-17), interferon γ inducible protein-10 (IP-10) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), were measured by a multiplexed flow cytometric assay. Results: The circulating levels of MIP-1α, TNF-α, IL-8, and IP-10 were significantly increased in the psoriatic patients compared with the healthy controls (P〈0.01). Male and female patients tended to have higher serum levels of MCP-1 and IP-10, respectively (P〈0.05). Interestingly, compared with the control group, 6 out of the 9 cytokines (MCP-1, MIP-1α, TNF-α, EGF, IL-8 and IP-10) were substantially increased in the BSS group (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01), whereas only MIP-1α and IL-8 levels were elevated in the BDS group (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01) concurrent with lowered concentrations of SCD40L and IL-17 (P〈0.05). In the WHS group, MIP-1α was the only cytokine whose level was evidently increased (P〈0.01), in contrast to IL-17 which was decreased as compared with the control (P〈0.05). The psoriatic patients overall owned higher levels of MIP-1 a and IL-8 in the circulation which were comparable among the 3 groups of CM syndromes (P〈0.01). In contrast, TNF-α level of the BSS group was the highest among the three (P〈0.01), followed by the BDS and the WHS groups. Conclusions: The expression profiles of cytokines in the circulation might not be necessarily identical for psoriatic patients with different CM syndromes. Accordingly, the serum concentrations of certain cytokines could potentially be used as the ancillary indices for the clinical classification of psoriatic CM syndromes.展开更多
OBJECTIVE:To treat patients with psoriasis vulgaris using Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),one must stratify patients into subtypes(known as TCM syndromes or Zheng)and apply appropriate TCM treatments to different su...OBJECTIVE:To treat patients with psoriasis vulgaris using Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),one must stratify patients into subtypes(known as TCM syndromes or Zheng)and apply appropriate TCM treatments to different subtypes.However,no unified symptom-based classification scheme of subtypes(Zheng)exists for psoriasis vulgaris.The present paper aims to classify patients with psoriasis vulgaris into different subtypes via the analysis of clinical TCM symptom and sign data.METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Beijing from 2005-2008,collecting clinical TCM symptom and sign data from 2764 patients with psoriasis vulgaris.Roughly 108 symptoms and signs were initially analyzed using latent tree analysis,with a selection of the resulting latent variables then used as features to cluster patients into subtypes.RESULTS:The initial latent tree analysis yielded a model with 43 latent variables.The second phase of the analysis divided patients into three subtype groups with clear TCM Zheng connotations:'blood deficiency and wind dryness';'blood heat';and'blood stasis'.CONCLUSIONS:Via two-phase analysis of clinic symptom and sign data,three different Zheng subtypes were identified for psoriasis vulgaris.Statistical characteristics of the three subtypes are presented.This constitutes an evidence-based solution to the syndromedifferentiation problem that exists with psoriasis vulgaris.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential differences in circulating levels of T regulatory (Treg)/T helper 17 (Th17) cells, related inflammatory cytokines and specific transcription factors in healthy individuals and patie...OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential differences in circulating levels of T regulatory (Treg)/T helper 17 (Th17) cells, related inflammatory cytokines and specific transcription factors in healthy individuals and patients with psoriasis conforming to one of three Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes: blood-heat syndrome (BHS), blood-stasis syndrome (BSS) and blood-dryness syndrome (BDS). METHODS: Sixty-seven patients with psoriasis were recruited and assigned to one of three corresponding TCM syndrome groups: BHS (n = 40), BSS (n = 14) and BDS (n = 13 patients). The control group comprised 21 healthy individuals. The circulating levels of Treg/Th17 cells in peripheral blood were assessed using flow cytometry;the levels of inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;and the mRNA expression of T cell-specific transcription factors retinoic acid-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt) and forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) by quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS: The ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of TNF-α and RORγt were all significantly higher in the BHS and BSS groups than the control group (P < 0.05), while the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of IL-10 and Foxp3 mRNA in the BHS group were significantly lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05). No significant differences were seen between the BSS group and the control group. The ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of TNF-α and RORγt in the BDS group were not significantly different from those of the control group;however, the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of IL-10 and Foxp3 were all lower than those in the healthy controls (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Compared with healthy individuals, the ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of related cytokines were higher, while the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of related cytokines were lower, in the peripheral blood of psoriasis/BHS patients;corresponding results for the BSS and BDS groups also showed differences. We propose that patterns of differentiation of immunological cells in psoriasis patients are reflected in corresponding TCM blood syndromes.展开更多
目的:探讨寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、转化生长因子β1(TGF-β1)、银屑病皮损面积及严重程度指数(PASI)评分相关性研究。方法:回顾性选取2021年9月~2023年9月北京中医药大学东直门医院收治120例的寻常型银屑病患者为研究对象...目的:探讨寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、转化生长因子β1(TGF-β1)、银屑病皮损面积及严重程度指数(PASI)评分相关性研究。方法:回顾性选取2021年9月~2023年9月北京中医药大学东直门医院收治120例的寻常型银屑病患者为研究对象。统计寻常型银屑病中医证型分布情况,比较不同中医证型患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分,分析寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平与PASI评分的关系。结果:120例寻常型银屑病患者中血热证51例、血瘀证38例、血燥证31例;不同中医证型寻常型银屑病患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分为血热证>血瘀证>血燥证( P <0.05);寻常型银屑病患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平与PASI评分呈正相关(r=0.649、 P <0.05,r=0.676、 P <0.05)。结果:寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分具有良好的相关性,可以为寻常型银屑病患者辨证施治提供指导。展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81973846)Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(No.LH2019H108)Graduate Innovation Research Project of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine(No.2020YJSCX029)。
文摘Objective:To explore Professor Yang Suqing’s experience in treating blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris and analyze the characteristics of its prescription;Methods:Outpatient prescriptions for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with blood stasis syndrome were selected and extracted traditional Chinese medicine for standardized processing.Then analyze the data by using set visualization analysis and Apriori algorithm.Results:A total of 149 traditional Chinese herbs were extracted.Among them,and the top 12 commonly used herbs with frequency>30 were Licorice,Saposhnikovia,Schizonepeta tenuifolia,Angelica sinensis,Paeonia lactiflora,Ligusticum chuanxiong,Rehmannia glutinosa,Cicada slough,Oyster and Keel through the set visualization analysis,herbs association rules analysis,and herbs combination analysis.Saposhnikovia,Liquorice,Schizonepeta tenuifolia,Angelica sinensis and Paeonia Alba are the most commonly used combination of herbs by Professor Yang Suqing in the treatment of blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris.Conclusion:In addition to invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis herbs,which are preferred for the treatment of blood stasis syndromes,Saposhnikovia and Schizonepeta tenuifolia,etc.,are used to synergistically exert the functions of invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and eliminating wind expression,with remarkable efficacy.
基金supported by Science and Technology Department of Hainan Province(811164)
文摘Objective:To study the effect of Yinxieling decoction on PASI,TNF-α and IL-8 in patients with psoriasis vulgaris.Methods:A total of 120 cases of psoriasis vulgaris were divided into 4 groups according to syndrome differentiation of TCM and randomized controlled method:wind heat syndrome group(group A).blood stasis syndrome group(group B) blood dryness syndrome group(group C)nd control group(group D)(n=30 per group).Patients in observation groups were treated with Yinxieling decoction,while patients in control group were treated by placebo for 8 weeks.Levels of TNT-α and IL-8 were determined before treatment.4 and 8 weeks after treatment.psoriasis area and severity index score was also performed before and after treatment.Results:psoriasis area and severity index score and serum level of TNF-α,IL-8 were significantly decreased in all groups.The decrease in three observation groups was more significant(P<0.05 or P<0.01),and the decrease in wind heat syndrome group was the most significant(P<0.01).psoriasis area and severity index was positively correlated with TNF-α and IT.-8,respectively(P<0.05).Conclusions:Yinxieling decoction has therapeutical effect on psoriasis vulgaris via regulating TNF-α and IL-8.
文摘Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgaris is most common. In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has attracted widespread attention in the treatment of psoriasis because of better efficacy and a lower incidence of adverse reactions. In TCM, psoriasis is considered to be caused by blood heat and the stagnation of Qi and blood. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of psoriasis vulgaris, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.
基金Supported by the National Key Science Technology Research and Development Program in the 11th Five-year Plan of China (No.2008BAI53B044)
文摘Objective:To analyze and investigate the rules for drug utilization of Chinese medicine for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with blood-heat syndrome.Methods:The literatures that met the following inclusion criteria were screened out from China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) from January 1998 to December 2008,including the compositions and dosages of the recipes reported completely and accurately, the sample size being30 cases and the total effective rate being70%.Results:In total,289 papers meeting the inclusion criteria were retrieved,involving 301 recipes;in which 111 recipes consisting of 145 individual drugs were the function for clearing the heat,accounting for 52.84%.The three drugs with the highest utilized frequency were Radix Rehmanniae,Radix Arnebiae seu Lithospermi and Cortex Moutan.Meridian adscription of the drugs was mainly the Gan(肝)-meridian.Conclusion:There were rules for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome with Chinese medicine prescriptions.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81302971,81273764)Innovative Research Team in University of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission,China(PhaseⅡ)
文摘Objective: To investigate the levels of cytokines related to T-helper (Th) 17 cells in serum and signal transducers in the psoriatic lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome (BHS) and blood-stasis syndrome (BSS). Methods: Sixty patients with psoriasis vulgaris were divided into the BHS and BSS groups according to the syndrome differentiation of Chinese medicine (CM). Ten healthy subjects were considered as the control group. Cytokine levels of interleukin (IL)-17, IL-23 and IL-6 in serum were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Expression levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and STAT6 in the psoriatic lesions were determined using immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blot, and real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Results: Production of IL-17, IL-23 and IL-6 in the BHS group and BSS group were significantly increased compared with those in the control group (P〈0.05). Levels of IL-17 and IL-23 in the BHS group were higher than those in the BSS group (P〈0.05). Compared with the control group, IHC positive expressions and protein expressions of STAT3 and p38-MAPK, and the STAT3 mRNA expressions in the BHS and BSS groups were significantly higher (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01). The protein expression of STAT3 in the BHS group was significantly higher than that in the BSS group (P〈0.05). Conclusions: Cytokines in serum and signal transducers in the psoriatic lesions alter with various CM syndromes of psoriasis. The results provide scientific basis for the treatment based on syndrome differentiation of CM in treating psoriasis vulgaris.
基金Supported by the Financial Industry Technology Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(No.201105)
文摘Objective: To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine (CM) syndromes [blood-stasis syndrome (BSS), blood-dryness syndrome (BDS) and wind-heat syndrome (WHS)]. Methods: A total of 62 psoriatic patients were recruited and assigned to 3 groups according to their CM syndromes, including 27 patients of BSS, 21 of BDS and 14 of WHS. Another 20 sex- and age- matched healthy subjects were enrolled into the control group. Serum concentrations of multiple cytokines, including monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), soluble CD40 ligand (SCD40L), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), epidermal growth factor (EGF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-17 (IL-17), interferon γ inducible protein-10 (IP-10) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), were measured by a multiplexed flow cytometric assay. Results: The circulating levels of MIP-1α, TNF-α, IL-8, and IP-10 were significantly increased in the psoriatic patients compared with the healthy controls (P〈0.01). Male and female patients tended to have higher serum levels of MCP-1 and IP-10, respectively (P〈0.05). Interestingly, compared with the control group, 6 out of the 9 cytokines (MCP-1, MIP-1α, TNF-α, EGF, IL-8 and IP-10) were substantially increased in the BSS group (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01), whereas only MIP-1α and IL-8 levels were elevated in the BDS group (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01) concurrent with lowered concentrations of SCD40L and IL-17 (P〈0.05). In the WHS group, MIP-1α was the only cytokine whose level was evidently increased (P〈0.01), in contrast to IL-17 which was decreased as compared with the control (P〈0.05). The psoriatic patients overall owned higher levels of MIP-1 a and IL-8 in the circulation which were comparable among the 3 groups of CM syndromes (P〈0.01). In contrast, TNF-α level of the BSS group was the highest among the three (P〈0.01), followed by the BDS and the WHS groups. Conclusions: The expression profiles of cytokines in the circulation might not be necessarily identical for psoriatic patients with different CM syndromes. Accordingly, the serum concentrations of certain cytokines could potentially be used as the ancillary indices for the clinical classification of psoriatic CM syndromes.
基金Supported by the Foundation for Establishing Psoriasis Vulgaris Syndrome Diagnostic Criterion by Latent Structure(QN2009-14)by the Scientific Project of Beijing Municipal Science Technology Commission:Study on the Composition Rules of Syndrome Elements on Psoriasis Vulgaris and Standardized Treatments of TCM(D09050703550901)。
文摘OBJECTIVE:To treat patients with psoriasis vulgaris using Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),one must stratify patients into subtypes(known as TCM syndromes or Zheng)and apply appropriate TCM treatments to different subtypes.However,no unified symptom-based classification scheme of subtypes(Zheng)exists for psoriasis vulgaris.The present paper aims to classify patients with psoriasis vulgaris into different subtypes via the analysis of clinical TCM symptom and sign data.METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Beijing from 2005-2008,collecting clinical TCM symptom and sign data from 2764 patients with psoriasis vulgaris.Roughly 108 symptoms and signs were initially analyzed using latent tree analysis,with a selection of the resulting latent variables then used as features to cluster patients into subtypes.RESULTS:The initial latent tree analysis yielded a model with 43 latent variables.The second phase of the analysis divided patients into three subtype groups with clear TCM Zheng connotations:'blood deficiency and wind dryness';'blood heat';and'blood stasis'.CONCLUSIONS:Via two-phase analysis of clinic symptom and sign data,three different Zheng subtypes were identified for psoriasis vulgaris.Statistical characteristics of the three subtypes are presented.This constitutes an evidence-based solution to the syndromedifferentiation problem that exists with psoriasis vulgaris.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81403403,No.81403404,No.81874393)2016 Annual Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Fundamental Research Project(Outstanding Young Talents Project,2016-J YB-XJQ005)Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Dongzhimen Hospital,"Young Talents"Project(DZMYS-201603)
文摘OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential differences in circulating levels of T regulatory (Treg)/T helper 17 (Th17) cells, related inflammatory cytokines and specific transcription factors in healthy individuals and patients with psoriasis conforming to one of three Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes: blood-heat syndrome (BHS), blood-stasis syndrome (BSS) and blood-dryness syndrome (BDS). METHODS: Sixty-seven patients with psoriasis were recruited and assigned to one of three corresponding TCM syndrome groups: BHS (n = 40), BSS (n = 14) and BDS (n = 13 patients). The control group comprised 21 healthy individuals. The circulating levels of Treg/Th17 cells in peripheral blood were assessed using flow cytometry;the levels of inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;and the mRNA expression of T cell-specific transcription factors retinoic acid-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt) and forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) by quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS: The ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of TNF-α and RORγt were all significantly higher in the BHS and BSS groups than the control group (P < 0.05), while the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of IL-10 and Foxp3 mRNA in the BHS group were significantly lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05). No significant differences were seen between the BSS group and the control group. The ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of TNF-α and RORγt in the BDS group were not significantly different from those of the control group;however, the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of IL-10 and Foxp3 were all lower than those in the healthy controls (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Compared with healthy individuals, the ratio of Th17 cells and the levels of related cytokines were higher, while the ratio of Treg cells and the levels of related cytokines were lower, in the peripheral blood of psoriasis/BHS patients;corresponding results for the BSS and BDS groups also showed differences. We propose that patterns of differentiation of immunological cells in psoriasis patients are reflected in corresponding TCM blood syndromes.
文摘目的:探讨寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、转化生长因子β1(TGF-β1)、银屑病皮损面积及严重程度指数(PASI)评分相关性研究。方法:回顾性选取2021年9月~2023年9月北京中医药大学东直门医院收治120例的寻常型银屑病患者为研究对象。统计寻常型银屑病中医证型分布情况,比较不同中医证型患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分,分析寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平与PASI评分的关系。结果:120例寻常型银屑病患者中血热证51例、血瘀证38例、血燥证31例;不同中医证型寻常型银屑病患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分为血热证>血瘀证>血燥证( P <0.05);寻常型银屑病患者血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平与PASI评分呈正相关(r=0.649、 P <0.05,r=0.676、 P <0.05)。结果:寻常型银屑病中医证型与血清miR-155、TGF-β1水平及PASI评分具有良好的相关性,可以为寻常型银屑病患者辨证施治提供指导。