[Autoantibodies against lipoprotein(a) in patients with coronary heart disease].

Objective: Lipoprotein(a) - Lp(a) is an independent risk factor of atherosclerosis and its complications. In spite of the long period of Lp(a) research there is no complete understanding of its physiological role and atherogenic action. The goal of this study was to investigate the presence in human plasma of circulating autoantibodies to Lp(a) belonging to different classes of immunoglobulins, and to elucidate their relationship to the presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis in middle aged patients with coronary heart disease.

[Design of the composition of baculovirus agents].

The ability of 30 compounds to protect infection bacteria and baculoviruses from the damaging effect of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation was investigated. For this B. thuringiensis var.