[Recurrent tracheal papillomatosis concurrent with asthma].

A thorough collection of complaints and history data, physical examination, and lung function tests are necessary to confirm the diagnosis of asthma. The latter must be differentiated from different diseases in the majority of patients according to age. Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is caused by human papillomavirus and involves mainly the upper respiratory tract. The paper describes a case of tracheal papillomatosis concurrent with atopic asthma.

[Component-resolved diagnosis is a new era in clinical allergology].

The paper describes the fundamentals and benefits of a new allergy diagnostic technique based on recent advances in molecular biology and biotechnology. Component-resolved diagnosis allows IgE antibodies against purified molecules (individual allergen components) to be revealed. Microanalysis is made using microarrays with applied molecules (allergen components) obtained in a recombinant fashion or extracted from natural raw materials. The authors present a current classification of animal and plant allergens and show the value of component-resolved diagnosis in clinical practice, by using specific clinical examples.

Strong changes in lipoproteins and autoantibodies of blood serum of the Tundra Nency population as a result of environmental radiation on the territory they inhabit.

As a result of large-scale nuclear tests on the Novaya Zemlya test site (1955-62) the Tundra Nentsy population of Yamal-Nentsy autonomous region (YNAR) fell under the constant influence of incorporated radioactive isotopes (137Cs and 90Sr). Therefore, it is very important to analyze a possible spectrum of diseases of Tundra Nentsy population.

[Assessment of the status of biological health of the population of tundra Nentsy inhabiting northwestern Siberia from data on analysis of autoantibodies and lipoproteins from blood donors]. / Otsenka sostoianiia biologicheskogo zdorov'ia populiatsii tundrovykh nentsev Iamalo-Nenetskogo avtonomnogo okruga po dannym analiza autoantitel i lipoproteidov krovi donorov.

As a result of large-scale nuclear explosion on Novaya Zemlya test site (1955-62) the Tundra Nentsy population of Yamal-Nentsy autonomous region (YNAR) fell under constant influence of incorporated radioactive isotopes (137Cs and 90Sr). Therefore, it is very important to analyze a possible spectrum of diseases of Tundra Nentsy population. We have developed recently a new method for determination of concentrations of all main fraction and subfraction of lipoproteins (LP, 30 parameters) in human sera using small-angle X-ray scattering, and a general mathematical model to describe LP composition in human blood. The analysis of the 30 parameters characterizing fine spectrum of LPs in 374 YNAR natives showed that only approximately 10% of the donors are normal, while the indices for approximately 90% of the test subjects fall into the range of different pathologies (3-8% incidence in normal population, according to epidemiological studies). Moreover, we found that approximately 41% of European and approximately 56% of Tundra Nentsy have high level of autoantibodies to DNA and cardiolopine like the same for autoimmune diseases patients.