S-nitrosothiols, nitric oxide and proinflammatory cytokines in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to investigate the levels of S-nitrosothiols (RSNO) in blood serum of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), nonspecific ulcerative colitis (NUC) and Crohn's disease (CD), and correlate the obtained data with the number of total nitric oxide metabolites (NOx) and proinflammatory cytokines (PC). METHODS: RSNO and NOx were determined by the Griess method and PC by ELISA. We examined 174 children of both genders aged from 6 to 17 years (mean age - 14 years) including 112 children suffering from IBD and 62 children from the control group. The results were statistically processed using Statistica 6.1. RESULTS: The obtained data show an increased but statistically indistinguishable RSNO number in NUC and CD. We revealed the absence of correlation between RSNO and NO and unidirectional RSNO and PC values. CONCLUSIONS: The obtained data of RSNO concentrations in blood serum of children with IBD suggest the participation of RSNO in IBD pathogenesis in children and an indirect correlation of the translation of nitric oxide synthase aberrant activity into RSNO.

[Forward-morphological criteria of ulcerative colitis relapse and continuous flow in children].

UNLABELLED: Inflammatory bowel disease is one of the most difficult groups of pathologies in pediatric gastroenterology, due to the steady growth of their prevalence, offset debut at an earlier age, the increase in the incidence of severe complicated forms. Established clinical, genetic, serologic criteria for progression of ulcerative colitis are contradictory, and some--the reach of most medical institutions. PURPOSE: to evaluate the prognostic significance of morphological features of ulcerative colitis relapse and continuous flow. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a retrospective study conducted histological kolonobioptatov 26 children with recurrent, 20--with a continuous flow of ulcerative colitis during their primary treatment in a hospital, the comparison group consisted of 50 children without inflammatory bowel disease. RESULTS: morphological characteristics identified predictors of recurrent ulcerative colitis in the form of severe eosinophilic infiltration of the epithelium, lamina propria of the mucosa. For a continuous flow was characterized: high density cell infiltration of the lamina propria mucosa epithelium predominantly under represented plasma cells, fibroblasts, sclerosis of the basal membrane, the presence of epithelial arcades deformed crypt abscesses. CONCLUSION: the extended study of biopsy material, including assessment of the composition and location of infiltration, fibroblast pool of epithelial-connective relationships in the colonic mucosa of children with ulcerative colitis will not only assess the inflammatory process, but also to predict the course of disease, thereby defining a long-term tactics treatment.

[Use of mathematical models infrared spectroscopy serum in the differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in children].

UNLABELLED: RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH: Inflammatory bowel diseases are among the most severe pathologies in pediatric gastroenterology, often lead to disability. Despite the similarity of the clinic, pathogenetic mechanisms, the question of the differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease is relevant in view of their different prognosis and treatment strategy. In recent years, in medical uses infrared spectroscopy of blood serum for the differential diagnosis of various inflammatory diseases, benign and malignant tumors. Besides finding increasing application of mathematical methods for data processing, the so-called mathematical modeling of pathological processes, allowing objectify the survey results for a more accurate diagnosis and prognosis of pathological processes. OBJECTIVE: improving the differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in children. PATIENTS: 21 children with ulcerative colitis, 56 children with Crohn's disease and 34 healthy children. The method of infrared spectroscopy of serum and mathematical modeling results through multivariate entropy analysis. RESULTS: the obtained spectral characteristics of blood serum in children with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and in healthy children, as well as "images of diseased in these pathologies". CONCLUSION: The use of this medical technology reduced the time of diagnosis, which contributes to the timely choice of rational treatment strategies and provides an opportunity to avoid the development of complications, worsening of the disease.