title: [Searching for ways to correct thymic dysfunction in rats with experimental diabetes mellitus].
abstract: We investigated the influence of multiple introductions of NO precursor L-arginine and NOS non-selective blocker N-nitroL-arginine (NNLA) on thymic morpho-functional status in Wistar male rats with experimental diabetes mellitus (EDM). To reveal insulin-expressing, proliferating, Treg-cells, iNOS(+)-cells and Bcl-2(+)-cells, the immunohistochemical methods of direct and indirect immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies to insulin, PCNA, CD-25 antigen. Bcl-2 and iNOS of rat were used. It was established that NNLA administration to rats with EDM has more pronounced effect in comparison with L-arginine administration, demonstrating an increase in the number of Treg-cells, insulin-expressing and proliferating thymocytes and a decrease in the density of iNOS(+)- and Bcl-2(+)-cells population.
authors.forename: Iu M
authors.initials: IuM
authors.lastname: Kolesnyk
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Kamyshnyĭ
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Abramov