The effect of acute stress response on conspiracy theory beliefs.

The endorsement of conspiracy theories may be increased by subjectively perceived stress. Yet, it is not known whether this correlation is caused by the effects of the acute stress reaction on the brain or other psychological, social, or methodological factors. The effect of an experimentally induced acute stress reaction on conspiracy thinking was tested on a sample (n = 115) of students of medicine.

Transcriptome profiling reveals sex-specific gene expressions in pupal and adult stages of the mosquito Culex pipiens.

Understanding the development process of male and female mosquitoes provides important basic information for sterile insect release programmes and is important for improving other vector control strategies. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that distinguish male from female-specific developmental processes in this species. We used IlluminaRNA-seq to identify sex-specific genes during pupal and adult stages.

[Functional activity of peritonal macrophages in liver immune damage of cellular and antibody genesis in mice].

The aim of present work was to compare the functional activity of peritoneal macrophages (Mf) at T-cellular and antibody induced hepatitis in mice of CBA line. T-cellular hepatitis was caused by concanavalin A (ConA), antibody-induced hepatitis was caused by administration of xenogenic anti-liver antibodies: gamma-globulin fractions of antihepatocytotoxic serum (gamma-AHCS). It was found that single injection of ConA or gamma-AHCS caused damage of liver with cytolytic syndrome through 20 hours.

[Functional activity of the peritoneal macrophages in mice with concanavalin A-induced hepatitis].

Hepatitis of T-cell genesis, a model of autoimmune damage of human liver, was caused in mice of CBA line by concanavalin A (Con A). The damage of liver was examined by activities of transaminases (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase) and alkaline phosphatase in mice blood plasma. Functional activity of macrophages in peritoneal fluid was studied by examination of phagocytosis of latex particles and oxygen--dependent metabolism (nitro-blue-tetrazolium- test).

[The role of nitric oxide in the development of humoral immune response in mice].

The immune response in CBA mice was evoked by injection of sheep erythrocytes. The number of antibody-producing cells in the spleen, as well as nitric oxide production, oxygen-dependent metabolism and 5"-nucleotidase activity of peritoneal macrophages and lymphocytes were studied on days 1-5-14 after immunization. It was shown that during the inductive phase of the immune response (day 1), the peritoneal cells increased nitric oxide production, while later their functional activity increased and NO level became normal.