[Effect of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine on immune function in patient of acute cerebral infarction].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the change of serum soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in acute cerebral infarction patients treated with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine (TCM-WM). METHODS: Serum sVCAM-1 level of patients treated with TCM-WM or western medicine alone was measured by ELISA, and compared with that of healthy person. RESULTS: TCM-WM could reduce the sVCAM-1 level in patients with cerebral infarction (P < 0.05). The therapeutic effect of TCM-WM was better than that of western treatment alone, P < 0.05. CONCLUSION: The therapeutic mechanism of TCM-WM may be related with the modulation on immune status of patients.