[The toxic and immunomodulating properties of the somatic O-antigen polysaccharide of typhoid bacteria].

In experiments on random bred mice and mice of various strains it was shown that when administered parenterally typhoid bacteria O-somatic antigen polysaccharide possesses the immunomodulatory properties. It stimulates the non-specific resistance of the organism to bacterial infection, produces the polyclonal activation of beta-lymphocytes, possesses the adjuvant properties, activates cells of the mononuclear phagocytic system. At administration in therapeutic doses the drug is not toxic, possesses no carcinogenic, mutagenic and allergenic properties.

[Immunomodulating properties of phospholipids].

Immunomodulating properties of glycerophospholipids were studied. Both phosphatidyl ethanolamines and phosphatidyl cholines exhibited similar immunostimulating effects.

[Immunomodulating properties of salmozan and its effect on the functional activity of macrophages].

The effect of salmozan on the resistance of mice to Listeria monocytogenes infection, the formation of delayed hypersensitivity (DH) to sheep red blood cells in the animals, as well as changes in some functional activity characteristics of macrophages have been studied. The study has revealed that salmozan enhances anti-infectious resistance, suppresses the dermal manifestations of DH, and decreases the level of 5'-nucleotidase in peritoneal macrophages, stimulating their phagocytic activity. The intensity of the drug action depends on the time of its administration.

[Effect of various immunostimulants on 5-nucleotidase activity of macrophages of peritoneal exudate in the mouse].

All the immunostimulators studied, independently on their biological origin and chemical structure, decreased the 5-nucleotidase activity in macrophages of mice peritoneal exudate, thus indicating activation of these cells. The most distinct inhibition of the enzymatic activity in macrophages was induced by preparations of microbial origin. The decrease of the 5-nucleotidase activity in macrophages was observed in mice of CBA strain only after intraperitoneal administration of the preparations, while in non-linear animals--after subcutaneous or itraperitoneal injections.

[Chemical structure and immunostimulating activity of high molecular weight polysaccharides].

An immunostimulating activity of high molecular polysaccharides, dissimilar in their chemical structure, was studied. Inoculation of mice with bacteria of typhoid fever and Kl. pneumoniae demonstrated that O-polysaccharide from typhoid bacteria--multicomponent, branch-chained, phosphorus-containing polysaccharide--exhibited the highest immunostimulating effect.