[Comparative analysis of a new human cell line 4BL karyotype at long-term cultivation. Ploidy of chromosomal set].

Long-term cultivation of human cells, including stem cells, can lead to substantial transformation of the karyotype and occurrence of genetic instability. The aim of this research was a comparative cytogenetic study of the karyotype of a new human stem cell line 4BL at 160 and 205 passages. The absence of 10 and 13 pairs of chromosomes and the monosomy of chromosomes 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, X were observed; also six regular marker chromosomes were detected.

[Y-chromosome microdeletions as a prognostic marker of male infertility].

The results of molecular-genetic study of Y-chromosome microdeletions in men with spermatogenesis failure and in patients with cryptorchism are presented. The molecular-genetic studies of regions AZFa, AZFb, AZFc in STS loci - sY84, sY86, sY127, sY134, sY254, sY255 and SRY gene have been performed. Y-chromosome microdeletions were detected in 13,3% infertile men with spermogram failure.

[The cytogenetic characteristics of subjects with menstrual function disorders].

The frequency and the pattern of chromosomal aberrations as well as the frequency of metaphase plates with premature chromatid disjunction, polyploidy and endoreduplication were studied in lymphocyte cultures of women with disturbances of the menstrual function and in healthy women. The frequency of metaphase plates was significantly increased in persons with Turner's syndrome and reduced in the groups with amenorrhea 1 and 2 in comparison with the group of healthy women. There was no difference in chromosomal aberration pattern.

[The characteristics of the chromosomal apparatus and functional state of the thyroid in amenorrhea in women].

Girls-teenagers and women with menstrual disturbances were examined cytogenetically and clinically with special respect to the thyroid function. The rate of chromosomal pathology in the studied group was 29.5%.