[Changes in physicochemical characteristics of rabbit sclera as a result of reinforcement treatment].

It has been shown by biochemical analysis and differential scanning calorimetry that the connective tissue formed around a transplant as a result of sclero-reinforcing interference (capsula) is similar to intact sclera. The main component of newly formed capsules is collagen I whose fibers have a perfect structure and the amount of cross-links sufficient to provide normal thermomechanical properties. A fraction of collagen having thermally labile "immature" cross-links in capsules formed around the transplant impregraned with Panaxal has been detected by differential scanning calorimetry. It was suggested that fibroblasts in tissues of these capsules have a high synthetic activity.

[Effect of infrared laser radiation on sorption of dry cartilage and connective tissue preparations]. / Vliianie lazernogo izlucheniia infrakrasnogo diapazona na sorptsiiu vody sukhimi preparatami khriashchevoi i soedinitel'noi tkanei.

Cartilaginous and connective tissues were exposed to a moderate-intensity IR laser treatment with IR radiometric temperature control. The isotherms of water sorption by dry preparations of intact and laser-treated tissues were obtained and calculated in terms of well known models. It was shown that the sorption capacity of a monolayer of tissues decreases with increasing temperature during laser treatment. Changes in the supramolecular structure of the extracellular matrix of tissues (loss of regularity) upon IR laser exposure are discussed.