Derivation of Russian-specific reference intervals for complete blood count, iron markers and related vitamins.

Objectives: This study aimed to establish reference intervals (RIs) for Russian adults for hematological parameters including related iron markers and vitamins. Sources of variation of reference values (RVs) and needs for secondary exclusion were explored for proper derivations of RIs.

Methods: Following the harmonized protocol of the IFCC Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limits (C-RIDL), 506 healthy Russians (age 18-80; 46% male) were recruited.

Can Haematological Parameters Discriminate COVID-19 from Influenza?

Symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to the influenza virus, but because treatments and prognoses are different, it is important to accurately and rapidly differentiate these diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the analysis of complete blood count (CBC), including cellular population (CPD) data of leukocytes and automated flow cytometry analysis, could discriminate these pathologies. In total, 350 patients with COVID-19 and 102 patients with influenza were included between September 2021 and April 2022 in the tertiary hospital of Suresnes (France).

Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW) in Patients with COVID-19: An Indicator of Disease Severity.

Unlabelled: Identifying patients with Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) who may have a severe illness is essential for timely intervention and decreasing the fatality rate. In the present study, we evaluated the performance of Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW) as a prognostic marker for identifying disease severity in COVID-19 patients. We included 145 patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the study.

Prognostic value of cellular population data in patients with COVID-19.

Background And Aims: Beckman Coulter hematology analysers identify leukocytes by their volume (V), conductivity (C) and scatter (S) of a laser beam at different angles. Each leukocyte sub-population [neutrophils (NE), lymphocytes (LY), monocytes (MO)] is characterized by the mean (MN) and the standard deviation (SD) of 7 measurements called "cellular population data" (@CPD), corresponding to morphological analysis of the leukocytes. As severe forms of infections to SARS-CoV-2 are characterized by a functional activation of mononuclear cells, leading to a cytokine storm, we evaluated whether CPD variations are correlated to the inflammation state, oxygen requirement and lung damage and whether CPD analysis could be useful for a triage of patients with COVID-19 in the Emergency Department (ED) and could help to identify patients with a high risk of worsening.

Monocyte distribution width (MDW): a useful biomarker to improve sepsis management in Emergency Department.

Objectives: Sepsis is a time-dependent and life-threating condition. Despite several biomarkers are available, none of them is completely reliable for the diagnosis. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of monocyte distribution width (MDW) to early detect sepsis in adult patients admitted in the Emergency Department (ED) with a five part differential analysis as part of the standard clinical practice.

Interest of the cellular population data analysis as an aid in the early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by a high contagiousness requiring isolation measures. At this time, diagnosis is based on the positivity of specific RT-PCR and/or chest computed tomography scan, which are time-consuming and may delay diagnosis. Complete blood count (CBC) can potentially contribute to the diagnosis of COVID-19.

[The application of panel CytoDiff for monitoring of effectiveness of antiviral therapy in HIV-infected patients].

The study of HIV-infected patients using new five-color panel CytoDiff for flow cytofluorometry revealed the imbalance in subpopulations of leukocytes. The manifestations consisted in significant decrease of total amount of lymphocytes and also CD16+ lymphocytes. B-lymphocytes and eosinocytes with synchronous increase of level of CD16+ monocytes, neutrophils and immature B-lymphocytes.

[Epitope mapping of the recombinant movement protein of the tobacco mosaic virus using monoclonal antibodies].

The movement protein (MP) of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) provides the intercellular transport of the viral RNA through plasmodesmata. The MP fulfills its function while interacting with host cell factors over the whole path of its intracellular movement from the subcellular site of its synthesis to the plasmodesmata of cellular walls. The MP conformation during its intracellular movement and fulfillment of the transport function still remains unknown.

Nuclear oncoprotein prothymosin alpha is a partner of Keap1: implications for expression of oxidative stress-protecting genes.

Animal cells counteract oxidative stress and electrophilic attack through coordinated expression of a set of detoxifying and antioxidant enzyme genes mediated by transcription factor Nrf2. In unstressed cells, Nrf2 appears to be sequestered in the cytoplasm via association with an inhibitor protein, Keap1. Here, by using the yeast two-hybrid screen, human Keap1 has been identified as a partner of the nuclear protein prothymosin alpha.

[Immunodetection of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from turnip yellow luteovirus using monoclonal antibodies].

Monoclonal antibodies (MAs) to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from turnip yellow luteovirus (TYV) were prepared using a recombinant protein as immunogen and were shown to be directed to C-terminal part of the viral replicase. These MAs were found to interact with a 70-kDa protein found in extracts from TYV-infected plants. Our result is the first successful attempt at detecting the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of a luteovirus in infected plant extracts.

Apoptosis-related fragmentation, translocation, and properties of human prothymosin alpha.

Human prothymosin alpha is a proliferation-related nuclear protein undergoing caspase-mediated fragmentation in apoptotic cells. We show here that caspase-3 is the principal executor of prothymosin alpha fragmentation in vivo. In apoptotic HeLa cells as well as in vitro, caspase-3 cleaves prothymosin alpha at one major carboxy terminal (DDVD(99)) and several suboptimal sites.

Sensing prothymosin alpha origin, mutations and conformation with monoclonal antibodies.

To overcome poor immunogenicity of prothymosin alpha, a small and highly acidic nuclear protein involved in cell proliferation, production of anti-prothymosin alpha antibodies in mice immunized with free human prothymosin alpha, with prothymosin alpha coupled to different carriers and with prothymosin alpha fused to green fluorescent protein was assessed. Fusing prothymosin alpha to green fluorescent protein turned out to be the superior approach resulting in production of high titer anti-prothymosin alpha antibodies. From these studies, two highly specific anti-prothymosin alpha monoclonal antibodies recognizing epitopes within the amino terminal (2F11) and middle (4F4) portions of the human prothymosin alpha molecule were obtained and characterized.

Highly sensitive immunoassays for detection of barley stripe mosaic virus and beet necrotic yellow vein virus.

Enzyme immunoassays based on the use of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were developed for the detection of the barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) and the beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV). Assays employing conjugates of MAbs to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were compared to systems with biotinylated MAbs and streptavidin conjugated either to monomeric HRP or to HRP homopolymers with different polymerisation degrees including those of 20, 40 and 80. In the ELISA with streptavidin-polymeric HRP conjugates the assay detection limit was about 12-25 times as good as in the monoclonal double antibody sandwich ELISA.

[Functional capacity of the kidneys in whole-body irradiated rats protected with gammaphos and merkamine].

In experiments with Wistar rats it was shown that gammaphos promotes the recovery of the kidneys' filtration function at early times after 7.4 Gy gamma-irradiation and inhibits it after 210 days. Merkamine induces haemodynamic and functional disorders in the exposed rat kidneys within the first 30 days after irradiation.

[Dynamic changes in kidney function after the whole-body gamma irradiation of rats at a dose of 7.4 Gy].

In experiments on female Wistar rats it was shown that whole-body gamma-irradiation (7.4 Gy) impairs the hemodynamics and function of kidneys, particularly their filtering capacity, the dynamics of which was of an undulatory character. The most pronounced changes occurred during the first 30 days following irradiation, later on the functional status normalized.