title: [Does the hearing loss affect the child's innate immunity?--preliminary].
abstract: Human neutrophiles play a crucial role in inmate immunity. Inmate and aquired immune response depend on their functional condition at the first stage of an inflammation process. Reactive forms of oxygen (RFO) produced by neutrophiles play a significant role in the eradication of pathogens as well as in the regulation of immune response. The aim of this study is question, does the hearing loss affect the inmate immunity?
  
  
  METHODS
  The RFO production was directly examined in four systems - without stimulation, after stimulation with fMLP, opsonized zymosan or PMA. Direct RFO measurement was performed chemiluminescency evaluation using the whole blood, which indirectly depend on RFO production.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the group of children with hearing loss was observed disturbances in RFO productions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This observation is very original and important for general practice.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Lodzi, Klinika Otolaryngologii.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smiechura
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makowski
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lewkowicz
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tchórzewski
mesh_terms: D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species