[Tumor necrosis factor in the ejaculate as an indicator of reduced fertility].

Introduction: Pro-inflammatory cytokine - tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) is one of the components of the seminal plasma proteome; its meaning has not been definitively revealed. A comparative analysis of the concentration of this protein in the blood serum and in the ejaculate and changes in its level in the semen of men with infertility is f scientific interest.

The Purpose Of The Study: determination of TNF- level in the blood serum and seminal plasma of healthy men and patients with reduced fertility.

Comparative Content of Neuron-Specific Enolase in Human Blood Serum and Seminal Plasma.

We studied the content of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in 69 paired samples of blood serum and seminal plasma from men with azoospermia (n=11) and oligoastenozoospermia (n=10) and from men with fertile ejaculate (n=48). NSE concentration was determined by ELISA (Vector-Best kit). The median concentration and the interquartile range of the NSE content in seminal plasma were 65.

[Fatty acid-binding protein in the serum and sperm].

Introduction: a composition of seminal plasma reflects a state of reproductive organs that are involved in sperm production.

Aim: to study a concentration of fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) in blood serum and sperm samples with normal and altered characteristics.

Materials And Methods: a total of 82 men with mean age of 33.

The Immune Status of Patients with Inflammatory Diseases of the Male Reproductive System.

Immune disorders are very important in pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis. They lead to more prolonged illness and decrease the effect of traditional therapy. 32 healthy men and 51 patients with chronic prostatitis were examined.

[The immunochemical determination of the concentration of organ-specific ejaculate proteins in the differential diagnosis of chronic inflammatory diseases of the male reproductive system].

Concentrations of lactoferrin (LF), alpha-microglobulin of fertility (AMGF) and specific thermostable alpha-glycoprotein (STAG) which are markers of the prostate, seminal vesicles and testiculi in ejaculate, respectively, were determined by Ouchterlony's immunodiffusion method in 148 patients with chronic prostatitis (group 1), 26 patients with combination of prostatitis with chronic epididymitis (group 2) and 22 healthy controls (group 3). After that the patients were given prostatilen. It was found that high pretreatment values of LF registered in groups 1 and 2 lowered close to those in the controls.

[Chemical nature and biological activity of miliacine].

Chemical nature and biological activity of miliacine that is contained in millet oil have been studied. It produces moderate anti-inflammatory effect, stimulates sexual resistance in female rats, increases summary gonadotropic activity of the hypophysis in infantile female rats; in case of acute intoxication with carbon tetrachloride, it promotes normalization of enzyme activity in the liver and blood serum. Miliacine is of practical importance in meat cattle breeding as a growth stimulator.

[Chromatographic method of determination of the toxicity of grain affected by Fusarium sporotrichiella].

The chromatographic method for determining the toxicity of the cereal crop grain affected by micromycates F. sporotrichiella is proposed. The method is based on the separation of the lipids extracted from the grain under examination in a thin layer of the silica gel and detection on the chromatogram of two toxic fractions with Rf-0.