Thymosin alpha 1 is associated with improved cellular immunity and reduced infection rate in severe acute pancreatitis patients in a double-blind randomized control study

Inflammation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-202

  Wang, Xinying ^a   Li, Weiqin ^a   Niu, Chenglin ^a   Pan, Liya ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Li, Jieshou ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD4 CD8 ratio; HLA DR; infection; severe acute pancreatitis; thymosin alpha 1

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; PARACENTESIS; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; THYMOSIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956079157     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: 15732576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-010-9224-1     Document Type: Article

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