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В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Narimanova</surname><given-names>G. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Нариманова Гюльзар Видадиевна – ассистент кафедры биохимии</p><p>АZ 1078 Баку, ул. Братьев Мардановых, д. 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gulzar V. Narimanova – Assistant, Department of Biochemistry</p><p>100 Bratiev Mardanovykh St., Baku AZ 1078</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">narimanovagulzar@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-1124</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шахвердиева</surname><given-names>И. Д.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shakhverdieva</surname><given-names>I. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Шахвердиева Илаха Джамшидовна – старший лаборант научно-исследовательской лаборатории при кафедре биохимии</p><p>АZ 1078 Баку, ул. Братьев Мардановых, д. 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ilakha D. Shakhverdieva – Researcher, Scientific Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry</p><p>100 Bratiev Mardanovykh St., Baku AZ 1078</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-131X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Керимова</surname><given-names>И. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kerimova</surname><given-names>I. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Керимова Ильхама Алаевна – к.м.н., ассистент кафедры биохимии</p><p>АZ 1078 Баку, ул. Братьев Мардановых, д. 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ilkhama A. Kerimova – PhD, Assistant, Department of Biochemistry</p><p>100 Bratiev Mardanovykh St., Baku AZ 1078</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-7920</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Джафарова</surname><given-names>Г. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Jafarova</surname><given-names>G. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Джафарова Гюльнара Алышовна – к.б.н., старший научный сотрудник научно-исследовательской лаборатории при кафедре</p><p>АZ 1078 Баку, ул. Братьев Мардановых, д. 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gulnara A. Jafarova – PhD (Biology), Senior Researcher, Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry</p><p>100 Bratiev Mardanovykh St., Baku AZ 1078</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Азербайджанский медицинский университет</institution><country>Азербайджан</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Azerbaijan Medical University</institution><country>Azerbaijan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2019</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>197</fpage><lpage>203</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Narimanova G.V., Shakhverdieva I.D., Kerimova I.A., Jafarova G.A., 2019</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Нариманова Г.В., Шахвердиева И.Д., Керимова И.А., Джафарова Г.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Narimanova G.V., Shakhverdieva I.D., Kerimova I.A., Jafarova G.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/572">https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/572</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Introduction</title><p>Introduction. Analysis for TORCH infections is ordered to simultaneously detect several common infections: Toxoplasmosis, Other infections (syphilis, hepatitis B, chickenpox, Epstein-Barr virus, parvovirus and some others), Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes simplex virus. Contracting a TORCH infection in pregnancy triggers the synthesis of immune factors including antimicrobial peptides (AMPs).</p></sec><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim: to determine the levels of AMPs – lactoferrin, defensin, endotoxin, BPI (bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein) and hepcidin – in the blood serum of pregnant women with TORCH infections.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and methods</title><p>Materials and methods. The main group included 40 pregnant women with TORCH infections; in 33 of those, pregnancy continued until full-term delivery, and 7 women had miscarriages at the end of the first trimester. The comparison group consisted of 29 pregnant women free of TORCH infections. Blood for AMP measurement was taken in all pregnant women in the first trimester and in women with an ongoing pregnancy also in the III trimester. The control group consisted of 19 healthy non-pregnant women. Serum AMP was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. In pregnant women with TORCH infections, there was an increase in the serum levels of lactoferrin, defensin, hepcidin, BPI, and endotoxin; the increase was most pronounced in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decrease in AMP levels observed in the III trimester could be due to the antiviral treatment given to the patients in order to prevent the immunological rejection of the embryo and maintain the normal course of pregnancy.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. The increased level of AMPs reflects the enhanced activity of the immune system and represents one of the pathogenetic links of spontaneous abortion.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Введение</title><p>Введение. Анализ на TORCH-инфекции проводится для одновременного выявления в организме нескольких распространенных инфекций: токсоплазмоз (Тoxoplasmosis), другие инфекции (Оthers – сифилис, гепатит В, ветряная оспа, вирус Эпштейна-Барр, парвовирус и некоторые другие), краснуха (Rubella), цитомегаловирус (Сytomegalovirus) и вирус простого герпеса (Нerpes simplex virus). Инфицирование TORCH-инфекциями во время беременности приводит к усилению синтеза компонентов врожденной иммунной системы, в том числе антимикробных пептидов (АМП).</p></sec><sec><title>Цель исследования</title><p>Цель исследования: изучение содержания некоторых АМП – лактоферрина, дефензина, эндотоксина, BPI (bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein) и гепсидина в сыворотке крови беременных с TORCH-инфекциями.</p></sec><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. В основную группу вошли 40 беременных с TORCH-инфекциями, у 33 из которых беременность продолжилась до родоразрешения, а у 7 женщин в конце I триместра произошел выкидыш. Группой сравнения послужили 29 беременных, незараженных TORCH-инфекциями. Кровь на анализ содержания АМП у всех беременных отбирали в I триместре, а у женщин с продолжавшейся беременностью – еще и в III триместре. Контрольную группу составили 19 практически здоровых небеременных. Содержание АМП в сыворотке крови определяли методом иммуноферментного анализа.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Инфицирование TORCH-инфекциями при беременности сопровождается повышением содержания лактоферрина, дефензина, гепсидина, BPI и эндотоксина, наиболее выраженным в I триместре беременности. Наблюдаемое в III триместре снижение уровней АМП можно рассматривать как результат проведенного антивирусного лечения, которое предотвращает иммунологическое отторжение эмбриона и способствует нормальному течению беременности.</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Повышение содержания АМП отражает усиление врожденного иммунитета и является одним из патогенетических звеньев спонтанного прерывания беременности.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>TORCH-инфекции</kwd><kwd>беременность</kwd><kwd>лактоферрин</kwd><kwd>дефензин</kwd><kwd>эндотоксин</kwd><kwd>bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein</kwd><kwd>BPI</kwd><kwd>гепсидин</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>TORCH infections</kwd><kwd>pregnancy</kwd><kwd>lactoferrin</kwd><kwd>defensin</kwd><kwd>endotoxin</kwd><kwd>bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein</kwd><kwd>BPI</kwd><kwd>hepcidin</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Баженова Л.Г., Ботвиньева И.А., Ренге Л.В., Полукаров А.Н. Динамика распространенности TORCH-инфекций у беременных. Оценка риска первичного инфицирования плода. 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