title: [Acute-phase proteins in children from industrially polluted regions: influence of treatment].
abstract: We present the results of observation and treatment of 440 children aged 8-10 years coming from a region of heavy industrial pollution around Legnica. The majority of children from the investigated group presented signs of chronic inflammation of the upper airways (at the beginning of their stay in Rabka the entire group had an average 16.6 +/- 15.7 mm/1h ESR-Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and their whole-blood lead level ranged from 5 to 15 micrograms%, averaging was 9.1 +/- 2.7 micrograms%). At the beginning of their stay in Rabka, acute-phase proteins levels of the Legnica children were compared to those of children from health-resort region of Rabka and were found to differ significantly in respect to ferritin (p < 0.001) and transferrin (p < 0.01) serum levels. Treatment with propolis significantly modified the climatic effects on ESR, on some electrophoretical fractions of serum proteins and on some A-PhP involved in iron metabolism. There was no individual correlation between the whole blood lead level and acute-phase proteins levels and the intensity of their changes after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Rabce.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sojka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tomalak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaweł
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D000397:Air Pollution; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D016272:Occupational Health; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D006242:Haptoglobins; D014168:Transferrin; D007854:Lead; D005293:Ferritins; D002570:Ceruloplasmin
vernacular_title: Zachowanie sie wybranych białek ostrej fazy u dzieci z rejonów skazeń przemysłowych: wpływ zastosowanego leczenia.