Development of the myoglobin sensor based on the surface plasmon resonance.

Bioaffinic sensor based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with golden layer as a transducer was developed. This sensor was applied for control of antigen-antibodies (Ag-Ab) interactions. For modification of transducer surface the spontaneously organized molecular assemblies of two types of mercaptan were formed.

[The effect of antibodies against Ca2(+)-ATPase and its hydrophobic fragment on the activity of this enzyme and on the passive transport of Ca2(+)].

It is shown that both Ca(2+)-ATPase and its hydrophobic fragment are immunogenic factors. A region between hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts of Ca(2+)-ATP-ase is immunogenic. These antibodies clearly inhibit inflow and outflow of Ca2+ through a hydrophobic fragment reconstructed into liposomes and do not influence Ca(2+)-ATPase activity.

[The levels of circulating immune complexes and immunoglobulins in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis].

Unlabelled: The authors studied the levels of large- and medium molecular circulating immune complexes (CIC) and immunoglobulins of main classes (Ig) in 17 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 47 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Results: low molecular CIC increased in 35.2% of patients with SLE and in 42.

[Isolation and characteristics of immune complexes circulating in the serum of acute leukemia patients].

Immunoglobulin G-containing immune complexes are obtained from blood serum of patients with acute leukemia by the method which includes precipitation using polyethylene glycol-6000, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration and protein A-sepharose affinity chromatography (pH 8.5). Immunologically active antibodies and antigens of complexes are isolated by Sephadex G-200 gel chromatography under conditions of dissociation (the sodium-citrate buffer, pH 7.