Immunogenicity and safety of a quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine administered concomitantly with other paediatric vaccines in toddlers: a phase III randomised study.

Invasive meningococcal disease has high morbidity and mortality, with infants and young children among those at greatest risk. This phase III, open-label, randomised study in toddlers aged 12-23 months evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine (MenACYW-TT), a tetanus toxoid conjugated vaccine against meningococcal serogroups A, C, W and Y, when coadministered with paediatric vaccines (measles, mumps and rubella [MMR]; varicella [V]; 6-in-1 combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b [DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib] and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine [PCV13])(NCT03205371). Immunogenicity to each meningococcal serogroup was assessed by serum bactericidal antibody assay using human complement (hSBA). Vaccine safety profiles were described up to 30 days post-vaccination. A total of 1183 participants were enrolled. The proportion with seroprotection (hSBA ≥1:8) to each meningococcal serogroup at Day 30 was comparable between the MenACYW-TT and MenACYW-TT + MMR + V groups (≥92 and ≥96%, respectively), between the MenACYW-TT and MenACYW-TT + DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib groups (≥90% for both) and between the MenACYW-TT and MenACYW-TT + PCV13 groups (≥91 and ≥84%, respectively). The safety profiles of MenACYW-TT, and MMR + V, DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib, and PCV13, with or without MenACYW-TT, were generally comparable. Coadministration of MenACYW-TT with paediatric vaccines in toddlers had no clinically relevant effect on the immunogenicity and safety of any of the vaccines.

Assessment of pesticides in soil from obsolete pesticides stores: a Caribbean case study.

The fate of highly hazardous or persistent pesticides in soils and their potential for environmental and health risks depends on the physical and chemical properties of the pesticide, soil properties including biological health and climatic conditions. Assessing the fate and impact of pesticides in soil is complicated in the Caribbean due to the high diversity of soils and duality of climate. The FAO supported national competent authorities from 11 countries in the Caribbean in the assessment of obsolete stocks and potentially contaminated soil. The Environmental Management Tool Kit (EMKT) prioritised Fond Cole and Camden Base as the only critical sites. Preliminary site investigations that utilised the rapid environmental assessment (REA) methodology identified that contamination was restricted to an impervious layer at the Camden site. Pesticide properties varied across groups, with the organochlorides exhibiting greater sorptive capacity and lower leaching potential relative to the organophosphates. All tested soils were non-saline with alkaline pH and notably sandy in texture with low adsorptive capacity. Analysis of pesticide levels revealed low to undetected quantities across contaminated sites. Traces of Endrin and Dieldrin were found in Marienburg, Suriname. Overall, assessment of soil contamination from stored obsolete pesticides revealed minimal contamination, however, detailed assessment considering contamination gradients should be performed where pesticides were identified.

[The Experimental Model of Autoimmune Process: the Role of Epigenetic Variation in the Population of Mice Hybrids].

BACKGROUND: At the development of graft versus host disease in genetically homogeneous population of (C57BI/6 x DBA/2) Fl mice two clinical phenotypes of SLE-like disease were revealed: lupus+ (immune complex glomerulonephritis and hemnolytic anemia) and lupus - (hemolytic anemia). The GvHD phenotypic heterogeneity is determined by the Th2-polarization: Th2 lymphocyte predominant activity, leads to the lupus+development, or prevalence activity of Th1 cells, leads to the lupus- development. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the possibility of using an experimental model of autoimmnune disease for studying and testing of epigenetic modifications, shifting Th1/Th2 balance in vivo. METHODS: Chronic GVHD was induced in B6D2F1 mice by the transplantation of 130x10(6) parental DBA/2 splenocytes. Anti-ds-DNA, total IgG and IgGI, IgG2a Abs were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: Six- to 8-week-old female DBA/2 and B6D2F1 mice were obtained from Biological Research Laboratory (Novosibirsk). It was established that regular moderate physical activity (unladed swimming) shifted Th1/Th2 balance towards Th1. This leads to a decrease in a population of recipients the lupus+ mice from 57 to 26% (p <0,001) with significantly reduced hypergammaglobulinemia (IgG from 2,8 to 2,0 mg/ml; p <0,047) and DNA antibodies titer from 0,18 to 0,12 OD (p =0,05). Administration of epigenetic modificator bisphenol A at low doses, which mimicking estrogen effects, enhances the proportion of lupus+ mice in experimental groups from 33 to 64% (p <0,001) and impairs their clinical status by the increasing the urine protein level from 2.8 to 4,2 mg/ml (p <0,001) in animals. CONCLUSION: Th1/Th2 - balance presumably is determined by the immune system epigenetic modification in experimental mice, formed on the previous stages of ontogeny and defines the direction of immune processes development in individual animal.

[Th1/2-balance shift during acute graft-versus-host reaction developing against the background of experimental hyperlipidemia].

AIM: Evaluate the effect of experimental hyperlipidemia on the intensity of development of acute graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Half-allogenic system C57Bl/6 (C57Bl/6 x DBA/2)F1 was used as a laboratory model of acute GVHR. Experimental hyperlipidemia in mice-recipients was induced by repeated administration of poloxamer 407. RESULTS: Lethality in the group of mice with acute GVHR developing against the background of preceding hyperlipidemia was significantly higher (70% at day 50 of GVHR development) compared with control group with acute GVHR (50% lethality at day 50). Such effect on the degree of severity of acute GVHR induced under the conditions of hyperlipidemia is confirmed by a more pronounced destruction of thymus in mice of the group with previously induced hyperlipidemia. CONCLUSION: Preceding hyperlipidemia induced by administration of poloxamer 407 shifts Th1/2- balance in the development of acute GVHR towards Th1. Mechanisms of this effect and possible role of nuclear LXR receptors in regulation of immune reactions are discussed.

[Ergoferon liquid dosage form--efficacious and safe treatment for childhood acute respiratory infections. Interim outcomes of a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial].

The pediatric dosage form of Egroferon--a drug indicated for the treatment of influenza and acute respiratory infections (ARIs)--is developed taking in account the broad range of pathogens (most of which are viruses), and age-dependent features of immune system reactions (absence of specific immunity and immunological memory, relative "immaturity" of immune reactions, reduced interferon production by immunocompetent cells, etc.). Ergoferon interferes with the non-specific mechanisms of antiviral defence that ensure eliciting of an immune response, regardless of the virus type (the interferon system and CD4+cells), and influences virus-induced histamine release and histamine-mediated inflammatory reactions. Used over four years in clinical practice, the drug has shown a high efficacy and safety profile for the treatment of influenza and ARIs in adult patients. The purpose of the multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of a new ergoferon liquid dosage form in the treatment of ARIs in children. The publication contains the results of the fist study stage completed as per the study plan and data from the interim analysis. METHODS. The screening involved a total of 162 subjects, aged 3 to 17 years (average, 8.2 ± 3.9 years), that had presented to 13 research centers based in Russia with common signs and symptoms of ARI (body temperature ≥ 38.0 degrees C, as measured with a digital infrared temporal artery thermometer; symptom severity score ≥ 4) during seasonal morbidity. Ergoferon was administered in 82 subjects receiving the therapeutic regimen of the drug for 5 days; 80 children received placebo. The subjects were monitored for 6 days. Treatment efficacy was assessed on the basis of morning, evening and total daily ARI symptom scores, including scoring estimates of fever, general symptoms and symptoms affecting the nose, throat and chest. Along with this, calculations were performed to obtain the Total Index (TI) of ARI; illness severity was evaluated using a mathematical "area under the curve" model. RESULTS. Starting from Day 2, the percentage of convalescents was observed to increase--from 6% (morning) and 14% (evening) to 20% and 29% on Day 3, respectively, and 58% and 61% on Day 4. The results suggested a substantially higher efficacy of Ergoferon as compared to placebo treatment (the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test: χ2 = 21.7; p < 0.0001). Ergoferon had a marked effect on fever and other signs of intoxication. In Ergoferon group, the percentage of non-fever subjects, with the endpoint defined at ≤ 37.2 degrees C, was 43% on Day 2, as estimated in the morning and the evening (vs 25% and 19% in the placebo group, respectively; χ2 = 10.6; p = 0.012), and 83% in the morning and 84% in the evening on Day 3 (vs 60% and 54% in the placebo group, respectively; χ2 = 16.7; p = 0.001). The Generalized Linear Model (GENMOD) procedure confirmed the significance of differences between the Ergoferon and placebo groups according to the following parameters: 1) Ergoferon was significantly more effective in reducing body temperature (to lower values) than the placebo; 2) Ergoferon had an earlier effect on fever (main marker of viremia), as compared to placebo; 3) The significant Ergoferon's superiority over placebo was also evident by the morning and evening measurements throughout the five-day therapy. The TI was observed to significantly decrease starting from Day 2 of Ergoferon administration: from 13.0 ± 4.5 to 7.9 ± 4.8 on Day 2 and 4.5 ± 2.9 on Day 3 (based on the patient's diary data); from 14.3 ± 4.2 to 4.9 ± 3.0 on Day 3 (based on the doctor's assessment). The severity of ARI-related intoxication signs was reduced most significantly, in particular as indicated by the results of doctor's objective examination on Day 3 (GENMOD: factor "Treatment"--χ2 = 147.8; p < 0.0001; factor "Day of administration"--X>=6.1; p = 0.013; Tukey-Kramer post hoc analysis: z = -3.09; p = 0.024). The average fever duration in ergoferon-treated subjects was 1.9 ± 0.8 days (p < 0.0001). The overall duration of ARI was much shorter in Ergoferon group than in the group of placebo (p = 0.021). The "area under the curve" measure of TI in Ergoferon group was significantly lower as compared to Placebo group, both according to the patient's diary records (21.9 ± 10.9 TI x Days vs 28.0 ± 13.0 TI x Days; p < 0.002) and the doctor's examination (12.4 ± 4.7 vs 14.2 ± 5.2 TI x Days; p = 0.023). Ergoferon treatment was associated with a lower frequency of using antipyretics (χ2 = 4.1; p = 0.043), particularly on the first day of illness. The monitoring of adverse events as well as the haematology, biochemistry and urinalysis findings were indicative of Ergoferon's safety. No signs of drug incompatibility were observed as a result of ergoferon administration in combination with antipyretics, decongestants, expectorants, inhaled corticosteroids, cromoglicic acid derivatives, leukotriene receptor antagonists, short-acting beta2 agonists and topical anti-septics. There were also no cases of bacterial complications, worsening of illness severity, or acute exacerbations of coexisting allergy or chronic ENT pathology. The children demonstrated good drug tolerance and 100% treatment compliance. CONCLUSIONS. Ergoferon liquid dosage form is an efficacious and safe treatment for ARIs in children. The study results demonstrated the drug's efficacy against the major syndromes associated and caused by viremia--fever and general intoxication. The early onset of the drug's effect was shown to result in a shorter time to convalescence and reduced ARI severity, particularly during the initial days of illness.

[Rengalin, a novel drug for treatment of cough in children. Intermediate data on multicentre, comparative randomized clinical trial].

UNLABELLED: Rengalin liquid formulation on the basis of antibodies to bradikinin histamine and morphine was specially designed for the treatment of cough in children. The three-component combination in therapeutically active against both dry and wet cough due to effect on diverse pathogenetic aspects of the cough reflex. The aim of the multicenter, comparative, randomized clinical trial was to estimate the efficacy and safety of rengalin in the treatment of cough in patients with acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the upper respiratory tract. METHODS: One hundred forty six patients at the age of 3 to 17 years (the average age of 8.2 ± 3.6 years) from 14 medical centres of Russia were observed. The patients suffered from dry/nonproductive, frequent, sore cough preventing from day-time activity and/or night sleep (≥ 4 by the Cough Severity Scale). The cough duration ranged from 12 hours to 3 days. For 3 days the patients of group 1 (n = 71) and group 2 (n = 75) were treated with rengalin and sinekod (butamirate) respectively. For the following 4 days the patients (in case of viscid expectoration were treated with ambroxole in the age doses. The results of the Per Protokol Analysis (n = 67 rengalin group and n = 73 sinekod group) with an account of the Non-Infectiority Design are presented. RESULTS: In 3 days the number of the group 1 patients with significant improvement/recovery by the day and night estimates amounted to 90% and 88% respectively (vs. 81% and 88% in the group 2 patients, no night opisodes of cough after 3-days rengalin use being recorded in 52% of the patients vs. 34% in the sinekod group patients (p = 0.0003). On the 7th day of the treatment with rengalin the number of the children with significant improvement of or recovery from day-time cought amounted to 99%and that of the patients with significant improvement of or recovery from night-time cough amounted to 93%, in 90% of them no night-time cough being recorded (p = 0.0008). As for the patients of the reference group, the respective values were 93% and 90%, no night-time cough being recorded in 81% of the patients. The time required for development of productive/moist cough during the 3-day treatment course in the patients of both the group was the same (2.9 ± 0.3 days in the patients of group 1 and 2.9 ± 0.4 days in the group 2 patients. Moreover, in 34% of the rengalin dry cough became residual (as rare episode of tussiculation with scantly exudation). After 3-day course of the rengalin therapy, 66% of the patients was treated with ambroxole (versus 95% in sinecod group (p < 0.0001) based on comparative analysis and χ2 = 17.7, p > 0.0001 by the results of the frequency analysis). The total duration of cough in the patients of groups 1 and 2 was 6.5 ± 0.8 and 6.7 ± 0.7 days respectively (the comparability truth, p = 0.0001). The severity of the day-time cough by the area under the curve estimates for 7 days of the treatment in the rengalin group patients was equel to 14.3 ± 5.6 numbers--days and that of the patients of the sinekod? group was equal to 15.9?6.1 numbers - days. The severity of the night-time cough was equal to 4.2 ± 2.7 number--days respectively. In 2 patients (3%) treated with sinekod signs of ARI generalization was observed after the 3-day treatment (p > 0.0001). The research physicians-investigators (CGI-EL Scale) the combination of the anti- and protussive activities in one drug to be efficient and absolutely safe for the chilgren. The therapeutic efficacy in the patients of the rengalin group was higher in 3 days (2.1 ± 0.5 numbers) and even in 7 days (2.7 ± 0.5 numbers). The results value in the patients of the sinekod group being 1.8 ± 0.4 and 2.5 ± 0.6 numbers (one-wayANOVA for repeated estimates ANOVA: Visit - F(1/138) = 146, p < 0.0001, TREATMENT--F(1/138) = 9.0, p = 0.003). The factor of the side effects in the patients of the rengalin group was zero (no side effects due to the treatment were recorded in the patients), whereas in the patients treated with sinekod for 3 days the respective value was 0.1 ± 0.3 (true superiority of rengalin by the ANOVA data. TREATMENT--F(1/138) = 4.7, p = 0.03). The efficacy factor of the rengalin was also in its favour (ANOVA: Visit--F(1/138) = 182, p < 0.0001, TREATMENT--F(1y138) = 7.3, p = 0.008). In the patients treated with rengalin there were defected no deviations in the biochemical and general clinical analyses of blood and urine, no adverse reactions characteristic of antitussive drugs of the action. 100-percent adherence to the therapy was stated. CONCLUSION: He antitussive effect of rengalin in the treatment of frequent dry day-time and night-time cough was observed earlier and proved to be comparable with that of butamirate (sinekod). Rengalin prevented significant exudation and viscid expectoration in many patients, promoted rapid residual in the patients with dry cough and the patients recovery. The use of rengalin for 3 days significantly lowered the percentage of the patients requiring treatment with mucolytics at the subsequent stages of ARI.

[Laboratory model of hyperlipidemia].

AIM: Approbation of laboratory model of hyperlipidemia induced by multiple administration of poloxamer 407 to hybrid mice (C57BL/6 x DBA/2) F1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two-month-old female mice (C57B1/6 x DBA/2)F1 were used for experiments. Level of dyslipidemia was assessed measuring cholesterol level in serum by method with cholesteroloxidase. RESULTS: Dosages and timing of administration of the compound for inducing stable moderate hypercholesterolemia were selected. It was discovered that dyslipidemia induced by this method accompanied by reliable increase of neutrophils count in peripheral blood of animals. CONCLUSION: Hyperlipidemia induced in mice by administration of poloxamer 407 could be used for convenient experimental model for complex studies of immune system functions during pathophysiologic conditions associated with lipid metabolism disorders.

[Therapy of perinatal brain injury outcomes: results of a multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled randomized study of tenoten for children (liquid dosage form)]. / Terapiya posledstvii perinatal'nogo porazheniya tsentral'noi nervnoi sistemy: rezul'taty mnogotsentrovogo dvoinogo slepogo platsebo-kontroliruemogo randomizirovannogo klinicheskogo issledovaniya zhidkoi lekarstvennoi formy preparata Tenoten detskii.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tenoten for children (a novel liquid pediatric formulation) in the treatment of perinatal brain injury (PBI) outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial enrolled 184 children (aged 29 days-9 months) with the total score 12-27 according to Djurba-Mastukova scale and the level of physical development 25-75 centiles. Patients were randomized into tenoten (10 drops per day) and placebo groups. Treatment period was 12 weeks ± 5 days. Percentage of patients with ≥4 points improvement according to Djurba-Mastukova scale (responder rate) was used as a primary efficacy endpoint. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Patients in the tenoten group had a significant result on primary efficacy endpoint: 77.5% of participants responded to therapy (p=0.02 vs. placebo). In addition, the safety of tenoten for children in the treatment of PBI outcomes is shown. Tenoten for children (a novel liquid pediatric formulation) has been shown to be an effective medication in treatment of PBI outcomes that helps to achieve therapeutic results with minimal side-effects, good tolerability and the high level of adherence to therapy.

Effects of oxysterols upon macrophage and lymphocyte functions in vitro.

Oxygenated derivatives of cholesterol (oxysterols), found in high concentrations in atherosclerotic lesions, are potent immunosuppressive agents inhibiting T-cell responses to different stimuli. The action of oxysterols on macrophage functions and macrophage-lymphocyte interaction has been poorly investigated. In this work, the effects of 25-hydroxycholesterol (25-OHCh) and 7-ketocholesterol (7-KCh) upon some functions of murine peritoneal macrophage (PM), such as generation of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), secretion of neopterin and interleukin-1 (IL-1)-like activity, Fc-receptor (FcR) activity, and murine and human lymphocyte functions, participating in lymphocyte-macrophage interactions, such as macrophage-activating factor (MAF) and Ia-inducing factor (IaIF) secretion, were studied in vitro. 7-KCh in concentration of 5 micrograms/mL culture medium only, but not 25-OHCh, significantly inhibited ROI generation by zymosan-stimulated PM. Pretreatment of PM for 22 h with 25-OHCh and 7-KCh led to the decrease of IL-1-like activity secretion. 25-OHCh and 7-KCh inhibited both FcR-dependent binding and phagocytosis of sheep red blood cells (SRBC). Oxysterols did not change both spontaneous and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated secretion of neopterin by PM. 25-OHCh dose-dependently and more efficiently than 7-KCh inhibited murine splenocyte secretion of MAF, which activity was determined by the ability of splenocyte-conditioned medium to stimulate ROI generation in PM. Both 25-OHCh and 7-KCh inhibited significantly proliferative activity of human mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC), as well as lymphocyte secretion of IaIF, which stimulates the expression of HLA antigens in cultured human monocytes. Purified Ch did not alter these parameters. These data showed, that some inflammatory functions of macrophages and lymphocytes may be modified by such environmental conditions as the presence of oxysterols.

[Benzopyrene hydroxylase induction and the functioning of the immunocompetent cells in human peripheral blood]. / Induktsiia benzpirengidroksilazy i funktsional'noe sostoianie immunokompetentnykh kletok perifericheskoi krovi cheloveka.

Xenobiotics--inducers of benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase (BPH)--exert different effects on mitogen-stimulated and mitogen-unstimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBC). In mitogen-stimulated culture xenobiotics highly increase BPH activity and suppress cell blast transformation. The incubation of the unstimulated PBC in the presence of xenobiotics increases insignificantly BPH activity, intensifies T-cell differentiation and concanavalin A-induced proliferation. The BPH activity is mainly associated with the PBC adhered to plastic Petri dishes. However, the control and induced levels of BPH activity depend on the interaction between adhered and nonadhered cells.

[Distribution of blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension among adult population of Tomsk]. / Izuchenie osobennostei raspredeleniia urovnei arterial'nogo davleniia i rasprostranennosti arterial'noi gipertonii sredi vzroslogo naseleniia Tomska.

Cross-sectional study of distribution of blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension among adult 25-64 year old nonorganized population of Tomsk revealed unfavorable epidemiological situation and stressed necessity of implementation of populational strategy of prevention of hypertension.

[Influence of the activation of the immune system cells on the parameters of lipid metabolism in macrophages]. / Vliianie aktivatsii kletok immunnoi sistemy na parametry lipidnogo obmena v makrofagakh.

The influence of tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-alpha) and media, conditioned by activated macrophages and lymphocytes and containing a complex of biologically active compounds (including cytokines), on the parameters of lipid metabolism in macrophages was studied. The addition of recombinant TNF-alpha and immunocompetent cell-conditioned media to mouse peritoneal macrophages culture stimulated labelled oleate incorporation into cholesterol esters and triglycerides, as well as labelled glycerine incorporation into cholesterol esters, but inhibited labelled cholesterol incorporation into cholesterol esters. One of the mechanisms of the influence of activated immunocompetent cells on cholesterol metabolism in macrophages was, supposedly, the stimulation of sphigmomyelinase activity by a complex of anti-inflammatory cytokines produced by these cells on their activation.

[Experience with the development of vaccinal prophylaxis in Perm Province]. / Opyt razvitiia vaktsinoprofilaktiki v Permskoi oblasti.

The results of the introduction of the system of epidemiological surveillance on vaccinal prophylaxis on the territory of Perm Province are presented. This system has permitted the realization of the principles of the regional tactics of immunization, while following the unified strategy acting on the territory of the Russian Federation. The optimization of the organizational foundations of vaccinal prophylaxis has made it possible to maintain the morbidity rates if infections, controlled by means of specific prophylaxis, on the levels below the average figures for the Federation and to preserve more stable tendencies to their decrease.

[Effect of modified low density lipoproteins on humoral immune response and functional activity of macrophages in mice]. / Vliianie modifitsirovannykh lipoproteinov nizkoi plotnosti na gumoral'nyi immunyi otvet i funktsional'nuiu aktivnost' makrofagov myshi.

Intravenous injection of acetylated low density lipoproteins (acLDL) in mice in a dose of 0.5 mg per mouse decreased the intensity of humoral immune response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) by 35%. The addition of acLDL to mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro resulted in inhibition of Fc-dependent phagocytosis of SRBC and fourfold increased secretion of prostaglandins E2 by macrophages. Fc-dependent phagocytosis of SRBC was also found to be inhibited by oxysterols (25-hydroxycholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol), added to the incubation medium of macrophages in vitro in doses of 0.5-5 mg/ml. The conclusion was made that oxidative metabolism of cholesterol and arachidonic acid, contained in LDL, may mediate the immunomodulating effects of modified LDL.

[State of the erythron in rats at late periods following acute radiation injury]. / Sostoianie éritrona u krys v otdalennye sroki posle ostroi luchevoi travmy.

During 12 months following whole-body single exposure to ionizing radiation of 6 Gy, the experimental rats did not develop anemia but exhibited appreciable morphofunctional changes in circulating erythrocytes, for instance, shortening of their half-life time and increase in a mean diameter and dry mass. In the bone marrow, the total number of erythroid elements and the index of erythronormoblasts labelled with 3H-thymidine were increased and the time of generation of these cells reduced due to shortening of the presynthetic period.

[Benz(a)anthracene and 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro dibenzo(p)dioxin modulate mitogen-stimulated proliferation of lymphocytes]. / Benz(a)antratsen i 2,3,7,8-tetrakhlordibenzo(p)dioksin modiliruiut mitogenstimulirovannuiu proliferatsiiu limfotsitov.

The influence of benzo(a)anthracene (BA) and 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on functional properties of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBC) has been investigated. Incubation of mitogen-stimulated cells in the presence of xenobiotics induced high activity of benzo(a) pyrene-hydroxylase (BH) and suppressed lymphocyte blast transformation. Preincubation of unstimulated PBC with BA and TCDD caused insignificant increase of BH activity. The results show modulated effect of xenobiotics on functional properties of PBC.