Open AccessSpecifics of professional phagocyte activity in residents of radiation-contaminated areas
Author(s) -
В. Л. Соколенко
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vìsnik - kiïvsʹkij nacìonalʹnij unìversitet ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. bìologìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1728-2748
DOI - 10.17721/1728_2748.2016.71.13-15
Subject(s) - phagocyte , radionuclide , contamination , population , phagocytosis , immunology , geography , biology , environmental health , medicine , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics
We studied phagocytic activity indices in patients aged 18-24 who lived from birth in the territories contaminated with radionuclides due to the Chornobyl catastrophe. We revealed that in the analyzed years there has been a gradual decline in indices of phagocytic number and phagocytic index, especially pronounced for populations of monocytes. There is a growing negative correlation between the activity of 137Cs in contaminated areas and phagocytic activity of monocytes in the population of these territories from 1995 to 2014.