title: [The role of immunological changes in diseases in regions contaminated by radionuclides after the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
abstract: Autoimmune deviations, both humoral and cellular, related to antigens of thyroid gland, microsomes and thyroglobulin, were observed in residents of controlled districts of Bryansk and Tula regions of Russia. The importance of these deviations at hyperplasia of thyroid gland was demonstrated. In formation of cataracts under chronic influence of low doses of ionizing radiation the humoral autoimmune mechanisms are active but not the cellular ones. The increased content of antibodies against the antigens of crystalline lens found in the residents of the controlled regions shows the possibility to develop initial manifestations of cataract under the effect of low radiation doses.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shubik
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Zaĭtseva
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kositskaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood / Q000528:radiation effects; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012426:Russia; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies
vernacular_title: O roli immunologicheskikh izmeneniĭ pri nekotorykh zabolevaniiakh v raĭonakh, zagriaznennykh radionuklidami posle avarii na ChAES.