[Functional motor asymmetry in three species of mouse rodents from natural populations].

Motor asymmetry of paws was studied in three species of mouse rodents (Apodemus agrarius, Clethrionomys glareolus, Clethrionomys rutilus) from natural populations. The prevalence of right-hand asymmetry was revealed in both males and females of all studied species. The spatial and temporal variability of asymmetry structures was shown.

[Genetic diversity of ixodid tick-borne pathogens in Tomsk City and suburbs].

We studied two urban and two suburban biotypes of Tomsk City for tick-transmitted diseases prevalence in naturally collected ticks. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) was found in 6.5% of tick samples, West Nile virus (WNV) in 2.

[Detection of the West Nile Virus and its genetic typing in ixodid ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Tomsk City and its suburbs].

Four tick species, Ixodes persulcatus, I. pavlovskyi, I. trianguliceps, and Dermacentor reticulatus, were found in Tomsk and its suburbs in 2006.

[Inhibition of formation of superoxide radicals in leukocytes of hypercholesteremic patients under the effect of a lipid platelet activation factor antagonist].

A platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist was found to inhibit superoxide production in the leukocytes of patients with type IIA hypercholesterolemia. PAF (10(-7)-10(-6) M) alone failed to stimulate superoxide production in intact or PAF-antagonist-treated leukocytes. The PAF-antagonist-induced inhibition of superoxide production was observed in the leukocytes from hypercholesterolemic patients whose plasma cholesterol levels varied from 8.