FEATURES OF THE IMMUNE STATUS OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE SUFFERING FROM GENITAL INFECTIOUS-INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES

Abstract

Aim. A comprehensive assessment of the various links of immunity in women of reproductive age with genital infectious-inflammatory processes. Materials and methods. The study used peripheral blood of 30 patients with inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs (IDPO), 30 patients with a viral infection of the urogenital tract (IUT), and peripheral blood of 20 apparently healthy women of reproductive age (Control). The cell immunity was evaluated by the contents of CD3 (+), CD4(+)-, CD8(+)-, CD19(+)-, CD56(+)CD16 (+) lymphocytes, the humoral level – by the concentration of serum immunoglobulins of major classes (IgA, IgM, IgG), the functions of neutrophils – in terms of their phagocytic and oxygen-dependent microbicidal functions. Results. The study of population composition of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed that the absolute and relative levels of lymphocytes in peripheral blood, CD3 (+)-, СD8 (+) lymphocytes, as well as the relative level of CD4 (+) and СD19 (+) lymphocytes, is increased in women with IDPO and IUT relatively to the age reference. Along with this, a strong tendency to decrease in the serum concentration of immunoglobulins A and M and predominant depressive changes in the neutrophilic granulocyte system were revealed in patients suffering from infectious and inflammatory diseases of the genital tract. Conclusion. The revealed immunity disorders in women of reproductive age suffering from IDPO and IUT are pathogenetically significant, and a complex pregravid immunocorrection of defects of phagocytic and microbicidal function of phagocytic cells, as well as certain parameters of cellular (quantitative deficiency of NK- and B-lymphocytes) and humoral (inadequate level of serum IgA, IgM, IgG) immunity are important for maintenance of reproductive potential.

Keywords

• infectious-inflammatory diseases of the reproductive system in women
• immunity