title: [The activity of alpha2-macroglobulin and its forms in patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: A hundred and three patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis were examined. These patients had heterodirectional changes in the serum levels of alpha2-macroglobulin (MG) and its forms. The lowering of the level of the F-form of the inhibitor outstripped the decrease in the activity of total alpha2-MG and it was detectable in the lobar processes with moderate symptoms of intoxication and with the inoculation of adjacent segments. The preservation of the low total activity of the inhibitor and its forms during antituberculous therapy characterize a diminished process. The high content of the S form of alpha2-MG is a feature in patients showing positive changes before and 2 months after treatment whereas the changes in total alpha2-MG and its F form may vary. Whether it is expedient to study the fractional composition of alpha2-MG is determined by the heterodirectionality of changes in its S and F forms depending on the pattern of a process.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Esmedliaeva
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Titarenko
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Skvortsova
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Pavlova
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kondakova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Saposhnikova
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Riasnianskaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins