[Saliva diagnostic in the research about human immune adaptation to study stress and to differrent water drinking behavior.].

85 healthy young people were participates of a randomized placebo controlled cross-over fashion. This study tested associations between different water drinking behavior, the condition of oral immune protection and stress factors over 3 months. We examined saliva IL-1, IL-4, IL-6, TNF-α, γ-IFN, α-amylase and compared them with stress-associated psychophysiological data.

[Some biochemical parameters of the synovial liquid for estimation of effectiveness of the treatment of the knee joint osteoarthrosis].

The knee joint osteoarthrosis is accompanied by activation of the oxidative stress in the synovial liquid. Specific treatment decreased or even normalized such biochemical parameters of the synovial liquid as the carbonyl groups, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and total protein content. The most demonstrative changes were found for early and late markers of the oxidative modification of proteins.

Hepatitis C virus infection, HIV co-infection, and associated risk among injecting drug users in Togliatti, Russia.

The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and co-infection with HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Togliatti City, Russia. Unlinked anonymous cross-sectional survey of IDUs recruited from community settings, with oral fluid sample collection for HCV and HIV antibody (anti-HCV, anti-HIV) testing, was carried out. The anti-HCV prevalence was 87% (357/411), anti-HIV prevalence 56% (234/418), and 93% (214/230) of HIV-positive IDUs were co-infected with HCV.

Explosive spread and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Togliatti City, Russia.

Objective: To establish the prevalence of antibodies to HIV (anti-HIV) and associated risk factors among injecting drug users (IDU) in Togliatti City, Samara Oblast, Russian Federation.

Design: An unlinked anonymous cross-sectional community recruited survey with oral fluid sample collection.

Methods: Between September and October 2001, 426 IDU were recruited by trained fieldworkers.

[Radioprotective effect of hydroxy phenylethanolamine phenolic hydroxyl esters].

Experiments are carried out on 3000 mice, irradiated in dose 8 Gy (LD97/30). A number of phenolic hydroxyl esters of phenylephrine, norphenylephrine and epinephrine has the high RPE (70-100%) within 1 h before irradiation. 3-esters of 3-hydroxy phenylethanolamines are active in small doses (19-50 mumol/kg) and protect per os too.