[Antibodies to Bacillus megaterium H glycoprotein in patients with lung diseases]. / Antitela k glikoproteinu Bacillus megaterium H u bol'nykh s legochnoi patologii.

Enzyme immunoassay performed in patients with malignant and benign affections of the lungs determined antibodies (Abs) to glycoprotein isolated from saprophyte microorganism Bacilus megaterium H. In pulmonary tuberculosis and nonspecific pulmonary inflammation the above Abs occurred in patients with fibrous-proliferative changes and associated neoplastic conditions. In lung cancer the Abs were detected in well and moderately differentiated tumors. Nondifferentiated and poorly differentiated variants did not exhibit any rise in Abs to glycoprotein.

[Differential microcalorimetry of the antigen-antibody reaction]. / Differentsial'naia mikrokalorimetriia reaktsii antigen-antitelo.

High sensitivity of the microcalorimetric method for the registration of immunologic reactions and prospects of the practical application of the method demand an objective interpretation of the results and an explanation of the range of thermistometry findings varying from positive to negative values. The investigations have been carried out with models with known titers of purified antigens and antibodies and with unknown antibody titers. The method has been employed in examinations of children suffering from infectious allergic diseases and from central nervous system abnormalities. The energy processes connected with the negative, zero, or positive results of the reactions, depending on the antibody and antigen concentrations, are explained.