title: [Immunological indices in schizoaffective and affective psychoses].
abstract: Proliferative activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes has been studied in patients with schizoaffective (18) and affective (24) psychoses in 4 experimental variants: cultivation of blood lymphocytes isolated by centrifuging in the density gradient with fetal (1st variant) or autologic serum (2nd variant); cultivation of lymphocyte obtained in plasma sedimentation with fetal (3rd variant) and autologic serum (4th variant). A level of functional lymphocyte activity was significantly decreased in patients. The data obtained suggest that different mechanisms underlie this decrease. In schizoaffective psychosis, a disturbance of cell cooperative interaction in immune response was observed. In affective psychosis, the determining factors were a decrease of the ability of lymphocytes to respond to mytogenic stimulation and a presence of the factor inhibiting a functional activity of lymphoid cells in patient's blood. Besides, it was shown that in patients with schizoaffective psychosis, lymphocyte proliferative activity inversely correlates with the disease duration and in affective patients the direct correlation between these indices was detected.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Sekirina
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Abramova
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Kaleda
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Oleĭchik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*