Publications by authors named "Epshtein O"

For evaluation of effects of release-active antibodies to CD4 on cultured lymphocytes from human peripheral blood, we measured intracellular content of lck-kinase cell-based ELISA. In cells treated with release-active antibodies to CD4, the content of intracellular lck-kinase significantly (p<0.01) decreased in comparison with the control (purified water processed in a similar way).

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The sphere of application of biomarkers is expanding every year and already comprises their using as indicator of presence or absence of disease, response to therapy, efficiency of medications or pre-clinical model of diagnostic parameter and even participant of process of search of mechanism of effect of medications. Hence, it is impossible to overestimate significance of studying of biomarkers. The article is dedicated to systematization and structuring of present information concerning biomarkers, starting from primary screening and completing with validation of chosen molecule or characteristic.

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Antiviral activity of Ergoferon was studied in vitro on an experimental model of rotavirus infection in MA-104 cell line. In infected cells treated with Ergoferon, rotavirus titer was shown to decrease by 83 and 90% in comparison with cells treated with solvent used for Ergoferon preparation (p<0.05) and distilled water (p<0.

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Antibodies to 5100 proteins (anti-5100) in release-active form (RA anti-5100) are an active component of some domestic drugs(tenoten, tenoten for children, divaza, brizantin, kolofort and proproten-100). The authors present the results of preclinical and clinical trials (with detailed consideration of experimental data) which demonstrated a wide spectrum of specific pharmacological activity and safety as well as mechanisms of anti-5100 action.

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We studied chronic toxicity of a few release-active preparations: Dietressa (release-active preparation of affinity-purified antibodies to type 1 cannabinoid receptor), Divasa (releaseactive preparation containing a combination of affinity-purified antibodies to brain-specific S-100 protein and endothelial NO-synthase), Cardostin (release-active preparation containing a combination of affinity-purified antibodies to C-terminal fragment of angiotensin II type 1 receptor and endothelial NO-synthase), and Bation (release-active preparation containing a combination of affinity-purified antibodies to IFN-γ and CD4). We evaluated not only side and toxic effects, but also the relationships between these effects and pharmacological activities of the preparations. The data of preclinical toxicological studies of the release-active preparations can be used for prediction of their pharmacological activity.

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We studied the mechanisms of erythropoiesis stimulation and effectiveness of Poetam, a preparation containing release-active anti-erythropoietin antibodies as a supplement treatment for experimental iron deficiency anemia during gestation. The results confirmed potency of combined therapy to stimulate erythropoiesis, which was more efficacious in comparison with monotherapy as assessed by the count of erythrokaryocytes and erythroid progenitors in the hematopoietic tissue as well as by the content of erythrocytes and hemoglobin in the peripheral blood. Activation of erythropoiesis is related to the modulatory effect of Poetam on proliferative activity and differentiation of erythroid precursors, which in most aspects results from stimulatory action of Poetam on secretion of the hematopoietically active factors by adherent elements of the hematopoietic microenvironment.

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The anxiolytic and antidepressant activities of complex preparations divaza and brizantin containing antibodies to brain-specific protein S100 were estimated using Vogel conflict test and Nomura forced swimming test. Course treatment (5 days) of brizantin in a dose of 2.5 ml/kg and divaza in a dose of 7.

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The present paper reviews preclinical research of divaza, the combination of release-active antibodies to brain-specific 5100 protein and release-active antibodies to endothelial NO-synthase. Preclinical studies have revealed that the specific pharmacological activity of the compounds is retained in the combination, and the components mutually potentiate each other's effects. The previous research have demonstrated high efficacy of divaza in the experimental models of cerebral ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases.

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We studied the efficiency of Dietressa on body weight reduction in C57Bl/6 male mice feeding standard high-fat ration (24%). After 5-month daily intragastric administration of Dietressa, body weight gain was the lowest in comparison with other groups and did not differ from that in mice receiving the reference substance sibutramine for 5 months. In contrast to sibutramine, Dietressa did not increase motor activity of animals in the open field test and produced no anorectic effect.

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A pilot study evaluated the efficacy of the drug afalaza (mixture of affinity purified antibodies to PSA and endothelial NO-synthase) compared with the Serenoa repens extract in a model of chronic abacterial prostatitis in Wistar rats caused by suturing of prostate tissue by silk thread. Except for the animals of intact group, rats (n = 13 in each group) underwent intraperitoneal injection of distilled water (10 ml/kg), afalaza (at a doses of 5, 7.5 and 10 ml/kg) or an Serenoa repens extract (50 mg/kg) 1 month after surgery for 45 days.

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The narrow range of choice and virus resistance to the most common drugs require search and introduction of new drugs with proven efficacy and safety for the treatment of influenza. Ergoferon is a new combined medicine containing release active antibodies to interferon-gamma (anti-IFNgamma), CD4-coreceptor and histamine. The formulation influences various links of antiviral defense and provides antiinflammatory effect.

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Anaferon and pediatric anaferon based on release-active antibodies to interferon-gamma (R-A antibodies to INF-gamma) proved to be efficient in the treatment of many viral infections. Immunomodulating (immunotropic) properties of the drugs were revealed in the preclinical studies at many Russian and foreign research medical institutions and are reviewed herein. Anaferon and pediatric anaferon stimulated the humoral and cellular immune responses and increased the neutrophil and macrophage activity.

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The effects of kardostin on the ovulatory cycle, conception, and sexual behavior of female rats have been experimentally studied. It is established that a two-week therapy with kardostin at a dose of 5 and 15 mg/kg changed phases of the estrous cycle (with the estrus phase being most prevalent) and led to ambiguous changes in the sexual behavior of female rats (a dose of 5 mg/kg increased sexual behavior, while a dose of 15 mg/kg inhibited it), activated fertility, and improved the quality of conception.

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We studied the effect of ultralow doses of antibodies to calcium-binding protein S-100B and 5-hydroxytryptophan, a metabolic precursor of serotonin, on the formation of long-term sensitization as a neurobiological model of anxiety and depression. Daily administration of antibodies to S-100B to edible snail before the formation of long-term sensitization prevents its development. 5-Hydroxytryptophan administered before the formation of long-term sensitization abolished the protective effect of antibodies to S-100B protein.

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Course administration of ultralow doses of antibodies to S-100 protein restores cognitive functions and neurological status, improves emotional state, and reduces anxiety in animals with modeled Alzheimer disease based on cholinergic system deficiency caused by subchronic treatment with scopolamine.

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Ultralow doses of antibodies to S-100 protein increased rat survival, reduced neurological deficit, eliminated myorelaxation, and improved movement coordination and cognitive functions in rats with experimental hemorrhagic stroke; the efficiency of the preparation was not inferior to that of nimodipine. In contrast to nimodipine, ultralow doses of antibodies to S-100 protein exhibited pronounced anxiolytic properties.

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Experiments on rats demonstrated antiaggressive activity of ultralow doses of antibodies to S-100 protein in tests of motivated and unmotivated aggression. The effect of ultralow doses of antibodies to S-100 protein in single and course treatment was not inferior to that of benzodiazepine anxiolytic diazepam.

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Kardos, a preparation containing ultralow doses of antibodies to C-terminal fragment of type 1 receptor of angiotensin II, intragastrically administered to SHR rats with hereditary hypertension for 28 days reduced blood pressure by 14.8%. Kardos was not inferior to losartan and, in contrast to the latter reduced HR by 9.

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Experiment on ISIAH rats showed that antibodies to endothelial NO synthase in ultralow doses (impaza) produced a mild and progressive antihypertensive effect slightly inferior to that of losartan. The use of impaza is perspective in patients with erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular pathology.

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Therapy with kardos produced an antiihypertensve effect in patients with grade I-II arterial hypertension. This antiihypertensve effect was considerably potentiated, when kardos was administered in combination with enalapril.

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Kardos monotherapy allows attaining the target levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with high-risk and very-high-risk hypertension. We demonstrated excellent tolerability of the preparation in combination with reliable blood pressure decrease over 24 h, during day and night hours.

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The safety of combined administration of ultralow doses of antigens to endothelial NO synthase (impaza) and nitrates for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in CHD patients was evaluated in an open non-comparative clinical trial. The efficiency and safety of impaza and the possibility of its administration to patients receiving nitrates were demonstrated.

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The use of afala in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and moderate urination disturbances reduced the symptoms of the disease, improved urodynamic parameters, and increased quality of life. Clinical efficiency of afala was comparable with the efficiency of Serenoa repens extract (reference preparation).

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Comparative placebo-controlled clinical trials on the efficiency and safety of ultralow doses of antibodies to human IFN-gamma (anaferon pediatric formulation and anaferon) and prophylaxis of bacterial complication showed that administration of these preparations in complex therapy of bacterial infection reduced the incidence of bacterial complications of viral infections and considerably decreased the duration of the main clinical symptoms of the disease.

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Viral infections are at present the leading cause of morbidity in the world. The clinical trials of gamma-anaferon (pediatric formulation) in the treatment and prophylaxis of a great number of viral infections (more than 20 nosological forms) due to the RNA- and DNA-containing viruses demonstrated its efficacy and safety. Gamma-anaferon is an immunomodulator with antiviral activity containing ultralow doses of antibodies to interferon.

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