[Modern view on biochemistry of atherosclerosis].

The article summarizes the literature data on clinical chemistry of pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. According to the up-to-date view, atherogenic are considered the products of chemical modification of LDL, rather than LDL themselves. The modification is created by means of the free radicals or reactive oxidised nitrogen species (RONS).

[Use of lectin for detection of changes of erythrocytic osmotic resistance and deformity in acute advanced peritonitis].

Thirty-one patients with acute general peritonitis were studied. Lectin (LPM) demonstrated an additional peak on kinetic curves of erythrocytic osmolysis in patients with acute general peritonitis. Deformity of erythrocytes had a tendency to decrease (p > 0.

[Changes in the activity of different forms of RNA polymerase in the rat brain during postnatal development].

The dynamics of various forms of RNA-polymerases of the rat's brain was studied in the course of postnatal development, using autoradiography and fractionation of enzyme preparation purified from the matrix DNA admixture. In the brain of new-born rats, synthesis of ribosomal RNA proceeds more intensively, with form I enzyme being most active, due to a most active ribosomal RNA synthesis. As the brain develops, by the 12-14 days of life the activity of form I enzyme was found to decrease, whereas that of form II enzyme--to increase.