Plasma-derived C1 esterase inhibitor pharmacokinetics and safety in patients with hereditary angioedema.

Background: Over 40 years of use demonstrates that complement 1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) concentrate is effective and well tolerated for acute edema attacks and prophylaxis in patients with hereditary angioedema. OCTA-C1-INH is a new stable, virus-inactivated, nanofiltrated concentrate of C1-INH derived from human plasma.

Objective: We investigated the pharmacokinetics and safety profile of new C1-INH in people with hereditary angioedema during an attack-free period.

Plasma cytokine profile in synucleinophaties with dementia.

Immune response may play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the common synucleinopathy as Parkinson's disease (PD) and could be mediated with the accumulation of neurotoxic alpha-synuclein. There is limited evidence for immune response in another synucleinopathy as dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Recent data suggest that immune response may contribute to cognitive impairment.

Plasma Cytokines Profile in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Associated with Mutations in GBA Gene.

Plasma cytokine concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease and mutation in GBA gene, in patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease, and in healthy volunteers were measured by ELISA and multiplex analysis. In patients with Parkinson's disease and mutation in GBA gene, elevated plasma concentrations of IL-1β and TNFα were revealed by ELISA in comparison with both controls and patients with sporadic form of Parkinson's disease. Multiplex analysis revealed enhanced secretion of IL-1β, IL-2, IFNγ and reduced plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in patients with Parkinson's disease and mutation in GBA gene (in comparison with other groups) and increased plasma levels of IL-13 (only in comparison with the healthy volunteers).

[IDENTIFICATION OF LEPTOSPIRA SEROVARS BY MALDI-TOF MASS-SPEC- TROMETRY].

Aim: An attempt to use MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry method for identification of lep- tospiral isolates on the serovar level.

Materials And Methods: 8 reference Leptospira spp. and 11 leptospira strains isolated from leptospiral patients and infected animals in the North-Western region of Russia were included into the study.

[HBV COVALENTLY CLOSED CIRCULAR DNA AS A MARKER OF PREVALENCE OF OCCULT HEPATITIS B IN PATIENTS WITH HBV, HDVAND HCV INFECTION IN UZBEKISTAN].

Aim: Evaluate significance of covalently closed circular DNA of hepatitis B virus as a marker for detection of occult viral hepatitis B in Uzbekistan population with hepatitis of various genesis.

Materials And Methods: Blood plasma and liver biopsy from 39 patients with different severity levels of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis served as study material. HBV covalently closed circular DNA detection was carried out according to Pollicino T et al.