Multiplex determination of serological signatures in the sera of colorectal cancer patients using hydrogel biochips.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy in industrialized countries. Despite the advances in diagnostics and development of new drugs, the 5-year survival remains only 60-65%. Our approach to early diagnostics of CRC is based on the determination of serological signatures with an array of hemispherical hydrogel cells containing immobilized proteins and oligosaccharides (glycochip).

Intraperitoneal Administration of Muramyl Dipeptide β-Heptylglycoside to Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Female Mice Modulates Production of Th1/Th2/Th17/Tr1 Cytokines by Splenocytes Ex Vivo.

Muramyl dipeptide β-heptylglycoside (C7MDP) was administered to non-pregnant CBA female mice and pregnant mice after non-abortion-prone mating (CBA×BALB/c) and mating associated with a high rate of spontaneous abortion (CBA×DBA/2). In non-pregnant females, C7MDP increased the production of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-17, IFNγ, TNFα, and GM-CSF at constant production of IL-1α and IL-10. C7MDP increased the production of IL-10 and IL-17 and suppressed the production of IFNγ on day 8 of gestation in non-abortion-prone mouse couples and stimulated the synthesis of IL-4 and IFNγ, reduced IL-5 production, and slightly increased IL-1α secretion after abortion-prone mating.

[Effect of tacrolimus on the results of living related kidney donor transplantation].

Aim: To elucidate whether and how tacrolimus affects the cumulative survival of patients after living related kidney donor transplantation.

Subjects And Methods: The clinical materials of 246 related kidney transplant recipients, including 108 patients in whom tacrolimus (Prograf and Advagraf) Astellas Pharma US, Inc) was included in the immunodepression protocol (Group 1) and 138 patients who did not receive the agent (Group 2), were analyzed. Comparative analysis used the following tests: the Kaplan Meier test estimating the cumulative survival of recipients and transplants; the Cox test assessing the cumulative risk; and the log-rank test.

[Assessment of anaesthesia sufficiency and stress response during liver resections].

Recently number of patients undergoing a surgery for primary and secondary liver damages is increased. Thus an adequate and safe anaesthesiological care for the surgeries is a very actual problem. The article deals with a study of anaesthesiological care in 51 patients.

[Immunoassay of nine serological tumor markers on hydrogel-based microchip].

A prototype of test-system for simultaneous quantitative assay of nine tumor markers in blood serum was developed. The main constituent of the test-system is OM-9 biochip containing immobilized antibodies against nine oncomarkers: α-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3), cancer antigen 125 (CA 125), cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), prostate-specific antigen, total (PSAtot) and free (PSAfree) forms, neuron-specific enolase (NSE). The biochip-based assay procedure for carrying out simultaneous quantitative determination of nine tumor markers in patient's blood serum: two-steps sandwich-immunoassay, was proposed.