title: [Proliferative activity of lymphocytes in a culture with phytohemagglutinin and immunity parameters in acute pneumonia].
abstract: Proliferative activity of lymphocytes in a culture was assessed by flow cytometry and lymphocyte blast transformation test (LBTT) with the proliferative pool of cells (S+G2+M) from 150 patients with acute pneumonia, 30 of these with the mild form, 97 with medium-severe, and 27 with grave form; in 43 patients the disease duration was over 30 days (protracted pneumonia). In addition, levels of R.protein, homoreactant, immunoglobulins, complement components, T, B, and active T lymphocytes, phagocytosis, and granulocyte oxidative metabolism were assessed. LBTT values were in inverse relationship with the disease severity. Correlations between the studied immunity parameters were analyzed. The findings indicate that LBTT is an informative method for assessing the immune reactivity and may serve for predicting the disease course and for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary diseases.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Shmarov
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Nikulin
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Kozinets
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000276:immunology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins