Prediction of gene expression regulation by human microRNAs in Plasmodium falciparum.

Background: Malaria is a disease annually causing over 400,000 deaths. Deep understanding of molecular and genetic processes underlying its life cycle and pathogenicity is required to efficiently resist it. RNA interference is a mechanism of the gene expression regulation typical for a wide variety of species.

Effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis .

There are available data on in vivo studies of monotherapy of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with some antibacterial drugs (doxycycline) and their comparison with meglumine antimoniate (glucantime). We used golden Syrian hamsters as a laboratory model. Experimental groups were formed, each of which was treated with one of the tested drugs.

[PHARMACOGENETIC ASPECTS OF TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (REVIEW)].

This article reviews data for pharmacogenetics findings for treatment for chronic heart insufficiency of heart failure. Also, it discusses connections of genetic polymorphism with a risk of developing heart failure and how it affects the choice of a treatments medicine. The article investigates genetically determined factors of the risk of developing glycoside toxicity.

[PECULIARITIES OF INTERACTION IN THE "PARASITE-HOST" SYSTEM IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS WITH TOXOPLASMOSIS: LITERATURE AND CLINICAL CASE REVIEW].

The article presents a review of current literature data on the development of opportunistic toxoplasmosis in patients suffering from HIV infection and a clinical case of an immunocompromised patient with toxoplasmosis. Current information concerning the incidence of toxoplasmosis in Russia and other countries are presented. Special attention is paid to the Toxoplasma gondii interactions with the host cell in HIV-infected people.

[CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE. OPPORTUNITIES OF THEIR PHARMACOLOGICAL CORRECTION BY ETOXIDOL].

Purpose - to evaluate the effectiveness of a fundamentally new antioxidant drug Amoxidal malate in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and its effect on marker of oxidative stress 2,3-diphosphoglycerate -2,3-DPG regulating the dissociation of oxyhemoglobin into hemoglobin and oxygen depending on the partial pressure of oxygen in the lungs and effect on other markers of oxidative stress. Clinical study of etoxazole was conducted in the city hospital N 23. 32 people were examined.

[CLINICAL CASE: THE SIDE EFFECTS OF STATINS].

The clinical studies, conducted in recent years, suggest that statins increase the activity of telomerase and by that decelerate speed of telomerase shortening. Thus, on one hand, it reduces a risk of cardiovascular diseases development, decelerate aging, but on the other hand, increasing the activity of telomerase, lead to expression rising of gene hTERT, that can make prerequisites for malignancy. That's why, it's necessary to study the subject and develop reliable criteria for safety use of activators-telomerase.

[THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SYSTEM APPROACH IN THE STUDY OF THE GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME' REACTIONS].

The article discusses the problems of the process of environmental adaptations appearance which are based on the general principles of functional systems' constitution. The value of the theory of functional systems development as the basis for physiological cybernetics (P. Anokhin, 1935) is also given.

[COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF DOXYCYCLINE AND GLUCANTIME IN THE TREATMENT OF LEISHMANIASIS IN VITRO].

In this study, we studied the activity of the antibacterial drugDoxycycline (Russia), and the control was the drug of pentavalent antimony - Glucantim (France), which for a long time was the "gold standard" in the treatment of any form of leishmaniasis. In the course of the experiment, the leading positions of doxycycline established in vitro. Its minimum doses lead to absolute suppression of the mobility of the pathogen L.

[COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN VITRO].

In this study, we studied the activity of three antibacterial drugs: Cefotaxime (Claforan, France), Ceftriaxone (Russia) and Doxycycline (Russia). The control group is a pentavalent antimony drug - Glucantim (France), which has been the "gold standard" for a long time in the treatment of any form of leishmaniasis. During the experiments, the leading positions of doxycycline and ceftriaxone established in vitro.

[STRUCTURAL, MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF THE TREMATODE TEGUMENT AND OF ANTHELMINTIC DRUGS DEVELOPMENT (REVIEW)].

Helminth infestations, including trematodoses, are a group of the most common diseases in the world. Trematodoses cause significant damage to human health, lead to various complications, which also causes significant economic damage. To develop effective anthelmintic drugs, it is necessary to study the structure and physiology of parasites and interaction with the host body.

[STRUCTURAL, MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF NEMATODE SURFACES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ANTHELMINTIC DRUGS DEVELOPMENT (REVIEW)].

Helminthiases caused by parasitic nematodes are widespread in different regions of the world. The main adaptation for overcoming adverse conditions is a barrier properties of the cuticle surface structure, which differs from the membrane teguments of trematodes and cestodes. Different types of nematodes have specific structural and biochemical adaptations at different stages of their life cycle.

[CHARACTERISTICS OF PARASITIC PROTOZOA METABOLISM AND POSSIBILITIES OF ANTIPROTOZOA DRUG DEVELOPMENT (REVIEW)].

One of the most poorly studied areas of protozoology is metabolic processes of parasitic protozoa. Study of the biochemistry of parasites required for the development of effective chemotherapy of protozoal diseases. Some amitochondrial parasites of humans, such as Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Trichomonas sp.

[The pathomorphological changes in the kidneys of white mice with experimental trichocephaliasis and after the use of anthelmintic preparations].

The experiments were carried out with 170 white mice divided into 4 groups. The first group consisted on 72 intact animals, administered subcutaneous ivomek (0.01 ml/kg) and oxfendasole (10 mg/kg) per os; Group 2 consisted of 15 animals with induced trichocephaliasis, administered no anthelmintics.

[A morphological and histochemical study of the large intestine of white mice with experimental trichocephaliasis and after the action of some anthelmintic preparations].

Administration of levamisole, oxphendasole in dose 10 mg/kg and especially of ivomeck in dose 0.01 ml/kg of body weight damages the large intestine mucosa of intact mice and of mice with experimental T. muris infection.