[Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on proliferative response and natural cytotoxicity of human lymphocytes].

Effect of synthetic analogues of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on proliferative response and natural cytotoxic lymphocytes of human subjects was investigated in vitro. ANF-III and ANF-IV increased blast transformation lymphocytes induced by a Con-A suboptimal dose. The increase of cells activity was comparable with the effect of interleukin-2, added at a dose of 50-100 unit/ml.

[Study of lymphocyte subpopulations and the expression of activation markers in diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2].

Diabetic patients with the disease duration less than 1 year (group 1 eight patients with diabetes mellitus type I and group 2 seven patients with diabetes mellitus type II) and 8 healthy donors were examined for subpopulations of lymphocytes (CD 3-, CD 4-, CD 8-, CD 20-positive cells, CD4/CD8), expression of activation markers on peripheral blood mononuclears investigated with monoclonal antibodies of BMA and OKT series, and serum neopterin concentration. Group I patients had low CD4/CD8 and increased number of CD 8 cells, 1a/DR-positive lymphocytes (28.6 +/- 7%), OKT9-positive lymphocytes (8.

[Use of beta-methyldigoxin preparations medilazine and bemecor in patients with congestive heart failure].

The two agents beta-methyldigoxin (medixin), a Soviet medilazide, and bemecor (digicor), a foreign analogue (LEK, Yugoslavia) were comparatively evaluated. An equal high (85%) clinical efficacy of the drugs was found in 81 patients with varying stages of heart failure. A positive therapeutic effect was accompanied by lower heart rate, higher diuresis and natri-and kaliuresis, decreased systolic and diastolic pressures in the pulmonary artery.

[Effect of the synthetic endogenous opioid analog dalargin on the natural cytotoxicity of human lymphocytes].

The effect of synthetic opioid peptide analogue dalargin on the natural cytotoxicity of lymphocytes from the peripheral human blood has been studied in respect to target cells K-562. Natural cytotoxicity was determined by assessing the cytotoxicity of individual effector cells in agarose. It has been shown that preincubation of lymphocytes with 10(-14)--10(-8) M of dalargin enhances the binding of NK-cells with targets and the formation of conjugates with killed targets and increases the percentage of active NK-cells.

[Immunoregulatory disorders and activation of the immune system in dilated cardiomyopathy].

The level of immunoregulatory lymphocytic subpopulations (CD3-, CD4-, CD8-cells, CD4/SD8 ratio, IaDr-positive cells, SD16-cells), lymphocyte natural cytotoxicity (NCT), the concentration of serum interferon (IF), beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-M) and neopterin were investigated in 30 patients with dilatative cardiomyopathy (DCMP). Immunoregulatory lymphocytic subpopulations were defined by indirect immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies to differentiating markers of BMA and OKT series. A decrease in SD4/SD8 ratio less than 1 was observed in 10 patients, an increase in SD4/SD8 ratio over 2.

[Action of hyperthermia on the early radiation reactions of HeLa cells in a stationary growth stage].

A study was made of the influence of hyperthermia (42 degrees C, 30 min) after irradiation with a dose of 6 Gy on the permeability of cell membranes and the rate of incorporation of 3H-thymidine into DNA of HeLa cells at the stationary stage of the culture growth. Hyperthermia was shown to enhance the damaging effect of radiation on cells at this growth stage. It is suggested that this effect is connected with the impaired development of a series of early (during the first minutes and hours) adaptive reactions of HeLa cells, at the stationary stage of growth, to the effect of radiation.

[Adaptive effects of repeated immersion exposure on the human body].

The effect of intermittent immersion on orthostatic tolerance, fluid-electrolyte metabolism and neuromuscular system was investigated. Control and experimental immersions were used. Experimental immersion was preceded by 12-hour exposure to immersion at night for three times.

[Pathomorphology of acute furazolidone poisoning in calves].

Studied was the morphologic picture in a total of 13 calves spontaneously intoxicated with furazolidon following its overrating and use once and severalfold as a therapeutic means against infectious enteritis. There were hemorrhages in the subcutaneous tissue and the muscles, kidneys, abomasum, spleen, and heart as well as liver dystrophia and hyperemia and edema of the leptomeninges and the brain cortex. Histologically, there were hyperemia, strong and diffuse pericellular and perivascular edema of the cerebrum and the cerebellum with degenerative changes in the Purkinje layer, fatty degeneration and biliary thrombi in the liver, hemorrhages and activation of the endothelial cells and glomeruli of the kidneys, hyperemia and fatty infiltration of the myocardium, and hemorrhages in the spleen.

[Anti-inflammatory action of a group of plant extracts].

Use was made of Wistar albino rats in which an inflammation was induced via the simultaneous injection of caraginan and prostaglandin E1 in order to evaluate the antiinflammatory activity of 6 freeze dried plant extracts. It was found that with such model of inflammation the inflammatory effect of caraginan was strongly enhanced, which was accompanied by the rapid and prolific white blood cell extravasates. The freeze-dried extracts of St.

[Radiation block of mitoses and the action of stimulating factors].

Using the HeLa cell culture, the dynamics of the appearance of the mitotic block after irradiation with 600 rads has been studied, in addition to the influence of some proliferating stimulatory factors on this process. It has been shown that in the early periods after irradiation with 600 rads, on the background of the developing G2--M block, the low dose irradiation (20 rads), changes to the medium, and high temperature (41--42 degrees C) effects lead to the increase in the number of mitoses. It is supposed that this increase in the mitotic activity may be due to a heterogeneity of cell populations as to their velocity of passing through the G2-phase.