[The morphological features of the nervous and vascular components of communication systems in the cervix uteri].

The investigation has indicated the presence of adrenergic and cholinergic autonomic nerve terminals (ANT) in the tissues of squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix uteri in a tumor growth area and contralaterally. Heterogeneity of the local neuromediator background in the tumor growth area and contralaterally may be explained, by studying the specific features of the cell microenvironment of ANT.

[Histophysiology of epithelial and connective tissue components of the vaginal portion of the uterine cervix].

This review provides an analysis of current data on the tissue and cell components of the vaginal portion of the uterine cervix (ectocervix - EC) in human female and on their interrelations under normal conditions and in the development of some pathological processes. Detailed histological and immunocytochemical characteristic is given to two types of the epithelium--stratified squamous and columnar; the regularities and mechanisms of their junction displacement during various age periods are described. The data on the relation between the proliferation activity and apoptosis intensity in EC epithelium at different developmental stages are discussed.

[Histo-architectonic features of the autonomic nerve terminals and their cellular microenvironment in breast cancer tissues before and after radiotherapy].

The difference in the histoarchitectonics of structures of vegetative nervous terminals (VNT) before and after radiotherapy (RT) indicates the existence of VNT fragments sensitive and resistant to radiation damage. Heterogeneity of the local neuromediator background in tumor morphogenesis before and after RT can be clarified through studying the VNT cellular microenvironment.

[The role of cell communication in the pathogenesis of breast cancer].

A complex histochemical, morphometric and immunohistochemical study of communication systems, i.e. histophysiological clusters of vegetative nervous terminals, the microcirculatory bed and their immediate cellular microenvironments has been conducted.