Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000020859 |
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Receipt number | R000024073 |
Scientific Title | Effects of Royal Jelly Supplementation on Regulatory T Cells and Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2016/02/05 |
Last modified on | 2017/02/16 14:45:51 |
Effects of Royal Jelly Supplementation on Regulatory T Cells and Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Royal Jelly Supplementation in SLE
Effects of Royal Jelly Supplementation on Regulatory T Cells and Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Royal Jelly Supplementation in SLE
Africa |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Clinical immunology |
Others
NO
To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies on the immunomodulatory effect of royal jelly administration on SLE patients in humans.
Our aim was to study the effect of royal jelly administration on the disease course of pediatric SLE with some immunological markers (the CD4 Tregs and CD8 Tregs) and lymphocytes apoptosis.
Efficacy
In the current study, we found that the children with SLE (in both before and after treatment groups) had significantly lower levels of CD4 Treg and Foxp3 expression in CD4+CD25+High versus normal control group. Also, the levels of CD4 and Foxp3 expression were negatively correlated with disease activity as detected by SLEDAI index.
After RJ treatment, we found a significant increase in CD4 Treg and in the expression of Foxp3 in CD4+CD25+High versus baseline values. In parallel to this significant laboratory value, we found a significant improvement in the disease activity as detected by SLEDAI index after 2 months of RJ treatment which was correlated with the significant changes in CD4 Treg and Foxp3 expression. CD4 T lymphocytes count was increased after RJ treatment versus baseline value. Also the CD4/CD8 ratio is showing significant improvement after RJ treatment in SLE group.
As regards to the effect of RJ treatment on lymphocytes apoptosis in our study, we found that the apoptotic CD4 T lymphocytes showed significant reduction to about its quarter of the baseline values before treatment to a values about normal as normal control group. Again in correlation with the previous CD8 T lymphocytes count, the changes in apoptotic CD8 T lymphocytes were not significant between any of the 3 groups.
Interventional
Single arm
Non-randomized
Open -no one is blinded
Uncontrolled
1
Treatment
Food |
two-month Royal Jelly (2 gm) treatment
8 | years-old | <= |
17 | years-old | >= |
Male and Female
children with SLE
Patients and controls with known diabetes, subjects who had received a 'recent' vaccination, were excluded from the study. Any patient had recent infection or received any immunosuppressive medications e.g. steroids, etc. during one month prior to enrollment were also excluded.
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1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Khaled Saad |
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
pediatrics
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
+20882413683
med@aun.edu.eg
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Khaled Saad |
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
pediatrics
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
+20882368373
med@aun.edu.eg
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
Faculty of medicine, University of Assiut, Assiut 71516, Egypt.
Outside Japan
NO
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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000024073