title: [The role of genetically determined haptoglobin phenotypes in patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Haptoglobin (Hp) was phenotyped in 567 apparently healthy individuals and 223 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis, including 163 as newly-detected and 60 as recurrent cases. Three phenotypes of haptoglobin were identified, i.e. two homozygotic (Hp 1:1 and Hp 2:2) and one heterozygotic (Hp 2:1). It was revealed that among the pulmonary tuberculosis patients, both newly detected and recurrent cases, the number of Hp 2:2 carriers significantly increased, as compared to healthy individuals, while that of Ph 2:1 carriers decreased. A certain relation between the course of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis and genetically determined types of Hp was found. Sputum conversion and cavity closure in Hp 2:2 and Hp 1:1 phenotype carriers, as compared to Hp 2:1 ones, occurred more infrequently and in later periods. It is felt that the presence of the 2:2 phenotype is an adverse hereditary factor in relation to tuberculosis.
authors.forename: Zh Z
authors.initials: ZhZ
authors.lastname: Kharakter
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mazhak
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pavlenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006242:Haptoglobins
vernacular_title: Znachenie geneticheski determinirovannykh fenotipov gaptoglobina u bol'nykh s destruktivnym tuberkulezom legkikh.