[Endoperoxides and the immunological indices of patients with chronic pyelonephritis].

In 31 patients with chronic active pyelonephritis and 10 clinically healthy controls the following indices were followed up: the serum level of the endoperoxides and several parameters of humoral and cell immunity (T-lymphocytes, active T-lymphocytes, T-helpers, T-suppressors, B-lymphocytes, NK-cells, immunoglobulins G, A and (M), as well as the lysing activity of the natural killers towards the cell line K-562. The patients with chronic pyelonephritis were classified into two groups: I group--patients examined for serum peroxides in the acute phase of the inflammatory process and II group--patients examined in the subacute phase. A statistically significant differences was found for the serum endoperoxides between the patients form the I group (in the acute phase of the disease) and the healthy controls (respectively) 52.

[Effect of laser irradiation on the serological and morphological indices of experimental immune reactivity (a preliminary report)].

The authors examined guinea pigs, irradiated for a period of six days with helium-neon lazer according to a scheme, proposed by them. They determined the changes in the complement serum activity, blood level of heparine and histamine as well as histologic changes in adrenals, liver and spleen. When they compared the control animals (nonirradiated) with the experimental animals, they established a statisticaly significant elevation of the complement activity in serum, a tendency to lowering of histamine with an increase of heparine and hyperplastic reaction in zona glomerulosa of the adrenals.