METHOD FOR DETECTING FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF CYTOKINS THAT SUPPRESS T-LYMPHOCYTES IN NEONATALS

摘要

FIELD: medicine, immunology.;SUBSTANCE: one should carry out reaction of blast-transformation, detect proliferation of T-lymphocytes activated with antibodies to CD3 in the presence of interleukin-7 (ACT IL-7) and in the presence of interleukin-7 and dexametazone (ACT IL-7 D), calculate the index for dexametazone action as the ratio of ACT IL-7 to ACT IL-7 D, moreover, the value of dexametazone action index being above 1.2 indicates increased production of cytokins that suppress T-lymphocytes in neonatals. The method enables to detect functional defect of immune system that characterizes neonatal period.;EFFECT: higher efficiency of detection.;2 ex