[Factors associated with the more rapid progression of multiple sclerosis].

To study the association between disease progression and some clinical features and biochemical spinal fluid parameters, we have examined 209 patients with remitting type of multiple sclerosis. The more rapid progression of multiple sclerosis was associated with male sex, a history of brain concussion, a short first remission, late disease onset, movement disorders at onset of the disease and the high level of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (sPECAM-1) in the spinal fluid.

Polymorphic locus rs10492972 of the KIF1B gene association with multiple sclerosis in Russia: case control study.

Axonal degeneration is responsible for the progression of the irreversible destruction caused by multiple sclerosis (MS) resulting ultimately in permanent disability. The KIF1B protein, a member of the kinesin family, is necessary for axon growth and myelination in vertebrates. In the recent paper, Aulchenko et al.

[Genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis in the population of Altay].

The "case-control" research in Russian Altai territory population has proved that DR15 and DR3 as well as the combination of female sex and alleles A of TNFα of rs1800629 locus are associated with high risk of multiple sclerosis. The relationship between disease and CD40 polymorphism (rs6074022) was not found.

[Adhesion molecule in the cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis].

Levels of adhesion molecules were measured in 24 patients with multiple sclerosis during the 3-years prospective study. The high level of adhesion molecules sPECAM in the cerebrospinal fluid was associated with the appearance of new foci according to the magnetic resonance imaging data as well as with quick disability.

[Characteristics of a spermogram and metabolic parameters of active oxygen forms in the ejaculate of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis].

Chronic inflammatory diseases of the prostate are accompanied by the accumulation of active oxygen forms and the activation of biopolymer peroxidation. The increased concentration of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and the decreased activity of antioxidant enzymes in the ejaculate of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis are attended by spermatozoon defects. It is suggested that correction of the metabolism of active oxygen forms in patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis has a positive effect.