[Imbalance of alpha- and gamma-interferon levels in patients with herpetic keratitis].

The paper presents data on elevated serum and lacrimal fluid alpha- and gamma-interferon (INF) levels in patients with herpetic keratitis (HK) in the course of the disease depending on its clinical form and stage. A more significant increase in the levels of alpha- and gamma-INF was noted in the lacrimal fluid, which was indicative of the important role of local antiherpetic corneal and conjunctival protection. The determination of serum and lacrimal fluid IFN levels in patients with HK may be used to predict the clinical course of the disease.

[A study of total IgE in inflammatory pathologies of the eye anterior segment]. / Issledovanie obshchego IgE pri vospalitel'nykh zabolevaniiakh perednego otdela glaza.

The paper contains data on comparative research of the IgE content in blood serum and lachrymal fluid in patients with ophthalmoherpes and with other inflammatory diseases of the eye. A higher IgE level was found in blood serum and lachrymal fluid in cases of ophthalmoherpes as well as in lachrymal fluid in cases of allergic, Chlamydia and fungus diseases of the eye. The data obtained can be used in the diagnostics of allergic eye diseases as well as in elaborating complex treatment methods for herpetic, Chlamydia and fungus lesions of the anterior eye segment. A detection of the local allergenic effect of acaricide drugs exerted on the conjunctiva and eyelids makes it obligatory to consider the above fact while treating patients with demodectic blepharoconjunctivitis.

[Cytokine status of patients with ophthalmic herpes]. / Tsitokinovyi status bol'nykh oftal'mogerpesom.

Data are reported on the content of pro- and antiinflammatory cytokines in blood serum and lachrymal fluid of 62 patients with ophthalmoherpes. It was concluded that the cytokine profiles are subject to changes in the eye herpes: the IL-6 and IL-4 contents were increasing in blood serum, while IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha were increasing in lachrymal fluid. The content of cytokine in blood serum is different from such content in lachrymal fluid in surface-type and profound variations of ophthalmoherpes. Disbalance of inflammatory IL-1 beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-4 are typical of the latter case, which can be used clinically to evaluate a disease severity degree.

[A quantitative evaluation of blood-lymphocyte subpopulation in herpetic ocular disease]. / Kolichestvennaia kharakteristika subpopuliatsii limfotsitov krovi pri oftal'mogerpese.

Data on changing contents of blood-lymphocytes' subpopulations in patients with ophthalmoherpes are reported. A higher number of blood cells expressing the surface activation antigens of HLA-DR+, CD71+ and CD95+, a lower number of T-helpers and a reduced value of the immune-regulating index were found to be typical of such changes. A more significant increase in the quantity of CD95+ lymphocytes, as observed in cases of severe ophthalmoherpes versus its moderate clinical course, could be a prognostication criterion. The essential shifts occurring in the T-cells' population denote the status of tension in the immune response provoked by an intensified reproduction of herpes simplex virus (HSV); at the same time, they are indicative of a certain deficit in the immune-protection mechanisms.