FEATURES OF EXCRETION OF MELATONIN IN URINE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE WITH MANIFESTATIONS OF FIBROSIS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CERTAIN METABOLIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL INDICATORS.

To study the features of secretion of melatonin in the urine in patients with DM type 2 and NAFLD with manifestations of fibrosis and its relationship with some metabolic and immunological parameters, 23 patients with DM type 2 and NAFLD were examined. The degree of fibrosis in patients was diagnosed on the basis of static elastography and the study of indirect fibrosis markers 16 persons (72%) diagnosed with mild fibrosis (F0-F1 on METAVIR), 5 people (18.2%) - with moderate fibrosis (F2-F3 on METAVIR).

[Biological role of fetuin A and its potential importance for prediction of cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

The authors' data and those from literature concerning biological role of fetuin A glycoprotein have been generalized in the article. A direct correlation has been established between fetuin A and some adipokines involved in the formation of insulin resistance and atherogenesis (progranulin, omentin-1), and osteoprotegerin (the novel cardiovascular risk factor) as well as an increase of circulating levels of fetuin A in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with high cardiovascular risk metabolic pattern but without manifestations of macrovascular complications. This substantiates the involvement of fetuin A in the complex of biomarkers of subclinical atherosclerosis.

[Q192R polymorphism of PON-1 gene in type 2 diabetic patients].

Polymorphism of PON-1 gene in 192 position of amino acid sequence of enzyme paraoxonase 1 was studied. For this research we have used the blood samples of 96 patients with T2DM and 123 healthy habitants of Kharkiv. Frequencies of alleles for the patients (pQ = 0,65, pR = 0,35) and the healthies (PQ = 0,70 and pR = 0,30) did not differentiate meaningfully.

[Lipid peroxidation in thyroid tissue of people with diffuse toxic goiter].

The processes of lipids free-radical oxidation in euthyroid and thyrotoxic tissue samples of human thyroid gland were studied. It was shown, that the content of TBA-active lipid peroxidation products was considerably increased in thyrotoxic tissue of the thyroid, and the activity of antioxidant enzymes (catalase, glutation peroxidase) was decreased in it. Possible mechanism of the tissue lipoperoxide alternation under conditions of the thyroid hyperfunction is discussed.