title: [Influence of microbial-epithelial interactions on biological characteristics of vaginal microflora].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of influence of microbial epithelial interactions on growth properties and antagonistic activity of dominant and associated vaginal microflora.
  
  
  METHODS
  Growth characteristics and antagonistic activity changes were studied in associated (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium spp.) and dominant (Lactobacilus spp.) microflora during contact with vaginal epitheliocytes and influence of vaginal epitheliocyte secretory products by using the developed technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Secretory products of vaginal epitheliocytes and vaginal epitheliocytes differentially influence growth factors of vaginal microbiocenosis. Suppression of S. aureus and E. coli biomass growth based predominately on extracellular secretory products of epitheliocytes was observed. Stimulation of growth properties was prevalent for lactobacilli and corynebacteria and was observed in contact interaction as well as during effect of epitheliocyte extracellular secretory products.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The resulting bacterial-epithelial interaction is a differentiating feature between autochthonous and allochthonous microflora due to the creation of selective advantages for dominant microsymbionts by growth properties and antagonistic activity stimulation, and biomass growth suppression of associated symbionts.
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Kremleva
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Cherkasov
authors: O V
authors: OV
authors: Bukharin