Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine
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Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. · Aug 2012
Prolactine receptor expression in kidney tissue of female rats with cholestasis: the effect of hyperprolactinemia.
Immunohistochemistry with semiquantitative image analysis showed that prolactin receptor in distal renal tubules of female rats is most sensitive to the negative effects of both cholestasis and hyperprolactinemia. The responses of medullary tubules to cholestasis and hyperprolactinemia were less pronounced: decrease and increase in prolactin receptor expression, respectively. ⋯ The cholestasis-induced changes in the intensity of prolactin receptor expression were opposite in kidney and liver cells. It is concluded that different parts of the nephron differ by the presence, type, and direction of regulation of prolactin receptor expression in obstructive cholestasis and hyperprolactinemia.
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Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. · Oct 2010
Short highly intense exercise causes changes in salivary concentrations of hydrocortisone and secretory IgA.
The dynamics of salivary hydrocortisone during exercise depends on the professional status of the athlete. Hydrocortisone concentrations increase and those of secretory IgA decrease significantly during short-term highly intense exercise. Presumably, basal serum hydrocortisone level is the key factor in restoration of the secretory IgA concentration after exercise by inhibition of lymphocyte, macrophage, and monocyte functions through an increase in glucocorticoid level under the effect of physiological stressors.
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Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. · Oct 2010
Matrix metalloproteinases 2, 7, and 9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in tumors and serum of patients with ovarian neoplasms.
The content of matrix metalloproteinases 7 and 9 was significantly increased, while the content of metalloproteinase 2 was reduced in ovarian cancer tissue compared to benign tumors. In blood serum from patients with ovarian cancer, the concentrations of matrix metalloproteinases 7 and 9 and their type 1 tissue inhibitor were significantly elevated, while the concentration of matrix metalloproteinase 2 was reduced compared to the corresponding parameters in healthy women. After chemotherapy, tissue and serum concentrations of metalloproteinases and their inhibitor in patients practically returned to normal. A significant positive correlation between serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases 7 and 9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in patients with ovarian cancer and the size of primary tumor (ultrasound examination) and a positive correlation between these parameters and the concentration of classical ovarian cancer marker CA-125 were demonstrated.
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Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. · Aug 2010
Nuclear ploidy is an indicator of malignancy endocrine pancreatic tumor.
Comparative morphometric and densitometric studies of cell nuclei in endocrine tumors of various differentiation degree and endocrinocytes of Langerhans islet in the adjacent pancreatic tissue were carried out. Index of proliferative activity, aneuploidy coefficient, and histogram of nuclear DNA content are recommended as additional criteria for the diagnosis of endocrine tumor malignancy.
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Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. · Nov 2009
Comparative StudyComparative study of cytokine content in the plasma and wound exudate from children with severe burns.
The content of 27 cytokines was measured in blood plasma from 19 children with severe uncomplicated burns (group 1) and complicated burns (septic toxemia, toxemia, and pneumonia; group 2). Before surgical treatment (day 4 (+/-2) after burn), significant differences were found in the concentrations of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, interleukin-10, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, MCP-1, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Cytokine concentration in group 2 patients was much higher than in group 1 patients and healthy children. ⋯ No correlation was found between the concentration of any of 27 cytokines in blood plasma and exudate. Our results indicate that during active surgical treatment, the wound serves as the source of inflammatory cytokines. Cytokines play a role in the systemic response and increase the degree of local inflammation, which modulates the number and activity of wound neutrophils.