
Morphofunctional analysis of the status of some endocrine glands in candidiasis
Author(s) -
V. L. Bykov
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11976
Subject(s) - thyroid , adrenal cortex , endocrine system , medicine , endocrinology , cortex (anatomy) , endocrine gland , hormone , biology , neuroscience
Morphometric analysis of the thyroid, parathyroid glands and adrenal cortex was carried out in mice with candidiasis. A grave systemic form of candidiasis, that eventuated in the death of the animals, was associated with a reduction of the functional activities of the thyroid and parathyroid glands and a drastic activation of the adrenal cortex. A benign course of the infection was parallelled by a moderate inhibition of the thyroid activity, followed by its activation and normalization. Changes of the parathyroid activity were negligible in such a case, and the adrenocortical activity is moderately growing at the peak of the infection and normalizes later.