EXPRESSION OF THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN ONCOLOGIC DISEASES.

The literature devoted to changes in the expression of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) proteins of cancer cells was analyzed. The dynamics of RAS protein expression in malignant tumors and the possible role of epigenetic mechanisms in these processes are briefly reviewed. Through research of the epigenetic mechanisms in cancer, principally new techniques for their correction based on the use of selective regulatory systems of covalent modification of histone proteins (for example, deacetylase inhibitor) and microRNA synthesis technologies have been developed.

[Neuroendocrine effects of helminthiases (A review)].

Nowadays the number of patients diagnosed with helminthiases shows tendency for steady growth around the world. During last few years, researches in the field of immunology have again turned their attention towards the question of parasitological immunity and tissue response. Helminthiases and other parasitic diseases in some instances can induce central nervous system disorders and violate human behavioral reactions.

The use of hormones indicators in human saliva in diagnosing parodontitis in pregnant women.

Aims: The purpose of this work- was to study the dynamics of biochemical parameters of human saliva and analyze the features of the chemical composition of the saliva of women with abnormal pregnancy and in periodontitis against pregnancy.

Materials And Methods: THE STUDY INCLUDED FOUR GROUPS OF WOMEN: a control group of nonpregnant women of childbearing age (10), pregnant women with physiological pregnancy (24-28 weeks) without any signs of periodontal disease (10), pregnant with a generalized periodontitis I--II degrees in remission (10), women with pathological pregnancy with no signs of periodontal inflammation (10). In each of the groups over two samples of saliva were collected, the first collection of saliva in the morning on an empty stomach.

[Renal function in white rats after tiroxin injection preceded by blockade of ACE and nitrogen oxide].

Purpose of this work was to study renal function in white rats following a single dose of exogenous tiroxin (T4) on a background of non-selective NO-synthase blocker or inhibition of angiotensin-1 converting enzyme. The experiment was performed with males of outbred white rats (body mass = 140-180 g). Three days prior to T4 injection, the animals drank water solution of captopril (20 mg/l) or were injected intra-gastrically with water solution of non-selective NO-synthase blocker N(omega)-NLA (1 mg/100 g of body mass) over 3 days preceding T4 injection.

[Effect of exogenous thyroxin on renal ion-regulating and acid-secreting functions in white rats].

Experimental hyperthyreosis was stimulated by intraventricular injections of sodium solithyroxin (T4) suspension on 1% starch gel during 10 days at a dose of 10 microg/100 g of body mass (n = 15) or 20 microg/100 g of body mass (n = 15). Renal function was tested by 5 % water loading after 24 hrs. since the last T4 injection.