Evaluation of the Association of rs4680 COMT Polymorphism and Clinical Parameters of the Tumor in Colorectal Cancer (a Pilot Study).

We analyzed association of rs4680 polymorphism of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene with clinical parameters of the tumor in patients with colorectal cancer (n=100). Based on the classification of the tumor according to the TNM system, groups were formed taking into account the size and spreading of the primary tumor (T1+T2 vs Т3+Т4) and the presence of regional (N0 vs N1) and distant metastases (M0 vs M1). An association of the AA genotype with an almost 7-fold increased capacity for invasive tumor growth was found (p<0.

Effect of Rat Exposure to Moderate Pressure Oxygen Atmosphere on Resistance of Erythrocytes against Hemolysis.

Exposure of male Wistar rats to oxygen atmosphere at moderate pressure (1.10-1.15 atm) for 4 h resulted in significant, transient, and reversible decrease in hemolytic resistance of peripheral blood erythrocytes.

Effect of Different Regimens of Co-Transplantation of Hemopoietic and Mesenchymal Hemopoietic Stem Cells on the Rates of Hemopoietic Recovery in Laboratory Mice Treated with Cyclophosphamide in Sublethal Doses.

We studied the effect of mesenchymal stem cells and hemopoietic stem cells co-transplanted in different regimens (sequence and intervals between the injections within 0-48 h) on the rate of the bone marrow hemopoiesis recovery in 468 inbred mice with cytostatic aplasia caused by a single injection of cyclophosphamide in a dose of 500 mg/kg. The efficacy of stem cells was evaluated by animal survival and general physical condition, body weight dynamics, peripheral blood counts (leucocytes, platelets, and reticulocytes), total cellularity and the presence of hemopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow on day 9 after cyclophosphamide injection. The relative content of hemopoietic stem cells in the total myelokaryocyte pool was assessed by flow cytofluorometry using specific monoclonal antibodies to CD117 and CD184.

Effects of Exposure of Animals to Oxygen Atmosphere at Low Pressure on Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Defense.

Relatively short-term (2.5 or 5 h) exposure of Wistar rats to oxygen atmosphere at moderate pressure (1.10-1.