LIPID PROFILE AND STATE OF ENDOTHELIUM UMBILICAL CORD VESSELS IN NEWBORNS FROM MOTHERS WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION

Abstract

Lipid profile and state of endothelium of umbilical cord artery of 45 newborns were studied. It was determined that cytomegalovirus infection of mother is associated with disbalance of lipids in umbilical cord blood (21 % increase of concentration of saturatedfatty acids and triglycerides and 46 % increase of HDL cholesterol at more than 30 % decrease of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol) and with disorders in endothelium dysmorphology (apoptosis of cell nuclei, edema, dissociation and dystrophic changes of smooth muscle cells).

Keywords

• cytomegalovirus infection
• lipids
• umbilical cord blood
• endothelium of umbilical artery