Abstract:Objective To observe the immunomodulation of thymosin α1 and Ulinastatin on acute brain trauma. Methods Fifty patients with acute brain trauma were selected and randomly divided into control group and experimental group. The control group was treated according to the conventional treatment plan, and the experimental group was given thymosin α1 and Ulinastatin besides the conventional treatment. Twenty-five healthy people were selected into normal group. Blood was taken 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after treatment. Serum levels of inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, IL-10 and TGF-β1) and cellular immune parameters (CD8+, CD4+, CD4+/CD8+, CD14+ HLA-DR) were detected. Results After treatment for 1, 3, 7 and 14 days, serum IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α and TGF-β1 significantly increased; CD4+, CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ significantly decreased in the control and experimental groups compared with the normal group (P < 0.05); serum IL-6 and TNF-α significantly decreased while IL-10, TGF-β1, CD4+, CD8+ and HLA-DR remarkably increased in the experimental group compared with the control group (P < 0.05); at the same time, CD4+/CD8+ had a different degree of improvement. Conclusions Thymosin α1 and Ulinastatin have immune regulatory effect on the patients with acute brain trauma.