[Possibility of directed changes in the surface activity of rat pulmonary surfactants by means of exposure to antibodies specific to them]. / Vozmozhnost' napravlennykh izmenenii poverkhnostnoi aktivnosti surfaktantov legkogo krys putem vozdeistviia spetsificheskimi k nim antitelami.

The experiments were performed on Wistar rats with weight of 150-200 g. Antibodies were prepared by immunization of rabbits with pure surfactants of rat lungs and were intravenously injected into rats three times within 3 days intervals. These antibodies were shown to influence the superficial activity of lung surfactants and the alveolar lung cells activity. The low doses of antibodies (0.06 micrograms of protein per 100 g of body mass) stimulated the superficial activity of lung surfactants, while higher doses (3 mg of protein per 100 g of body mass) inhibited it.

[Respiratory moisture loss and possible pathways of its regulation]. / Respiratornaia vlagopoteria i vozmozhnye puti ee reguliatsii.

Examination of healthy men and those suffering from nonspecific pulmonary diseases has shown that respiratory moisture loss is induced by situation and While "lifting" examinees in the altitude chamber 5000 m upwards intensity of the moisture loss increases to 158%. Essential individual variations of the response are shown. Pulmonary diseases (chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, lecithin synthesis disturbances) make the moisture loss higher. It is concluded that lung surfactants participate in regulation of the respiratory moisture loss. participate in regulation of the respiratory moisture loss.

[Effect of methylene diphosphonic acid on certain processes in animal tissues]. / Vliianie metilendifosfanovoi kisloty na nekotorye protsessy v zhivotnykh tkaniakh.

It was shown that methylene diphosphonic acid, a structural analogue of pyrophosphate, exhibiting immunodepressant properties, in a dose of 40 micrograms/g body weight inhibits by 20% the activity of inorganic pyrophosphatase in the spleen of BALB mice and does not affect this enzyme in the liver or thymus. In noninbred albino mice inhibition of the activity of the enzyme was recorded only as a result of administering the preparation in a dose of 80 micrograms/g. Histological data on the kidneys, liver, lungs, spleen, lymphatic nodes and thymus indicate that the preparation does not exert a significant toxic action on the body.