title: [Chronic bronchitis: participation of red cells in the pathologic process].
abstract: To study characteristics of structural-metabolic status and function of erythrocytes in patients with chronic bronchitis (CB), the examination was made of 53 CB patients (39 male and 14 female). A complex study of morphofunctional state of peripheral erythron included investigation of protein and lipid composition, microviscosity of the lipid phase of erythrocyte membrane, surface architectonics, ultrastructure, reversible aggregation of red cells, concentrations of sulfhydric groups, lipoproteins and dry cell mass in erythrocytes. CB patients were found to have prominent defects in membrane structure and metabolism of mature red cells (reduced dry mass and concentration of sulfhydric groups and lipoproteins, abnormal protein composition and lipid membrane spectrum, increased viscosity of membrane lipid bilayer), alterations of surface architectonics, shape, ultrastructure of erythrocytes. Disorders in structural-metabolic status of erythrocytes in CB patients affected their functional features, the ability for reversible aggregation, in particular. Functional disturbances of erythrocytes in CB patients aggravate the course of the disease and need correction with membrane-stabilizing and membrane-repairing drugs.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Stepovaia
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Novitskiĭ
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Riazantseva
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Gol'dberg
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kolosova
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tkachenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D029481:Bronchitis, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged