[Lymph dilution as a method of treatment in endotoxicosis]. / Limfodiliutsiia kak metod lecheniia pri éndotoksikozakh.

Lymph dilution was used in 26 females with inflammation of the uterine appendages and 22 patients with appendicular infiltrate. 500 ml of sodium chloride solution with gentamycin (1.4 mg/kg) were dripped in the subcutaneous fat of the femur anterior surface. Pneumocompression was performed on the unit APKU-5. The response was identical to the direct endolymphatic antibiotic therapy.

[Effects of serum and glucose on the proliferation of different types of cells of the human embryonic pancreas in primary culture]. / Vliianie syvorotki i gliukozy na proliferatsiiu raznykh tipov kletok podzheludochnoi zhelezy émbrionov cheloveka v pervichnoi kul'ture.

We have utilized primary cultures of free-floating clusters obtained from pancreata of human cadaveric fetuses. Clusters have been incubated for 10 days in RPMI-1640 medium with 3H-thymidine and various concentrations of fetal calf serum and glucose. Viability of clusters was assessed by insulin radioimmunoassay. Cell reproduction was investigated by radioautography. We have revealed 2 populations of proliferating epithelial cells in clusters: the minor population of cells of duct-like structures and the major population of other epithelial cells. Rate of accumulation of labelled cells in both populations in clusters of 17-18-week-old fetuses was significantly higher than in clusters of 23-24-week-old fetuses. Proliferation of cells of duct-like structures was regulated by serum but not by glucose, whereas proliferation of other epithelial cells depended on both serum and glucose concentrations.