Abstract
Background. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease caused by a shift in the interaction between cells of the immune system and the skin. Steroid anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat AD often lead to numerous side effects. Therefore, the development of new natural multifunctional preparations with immunomodulatory activity is of great importance. Objective. To determine the changes in indices of the leukocytes cluster of peripheral blood and determine the peculiarities of cytomorphological changes in the spleen and lymph nodes (LN) of rats with induced AD before and after administration of cryopreserved (cHCBL) and lyophilized (lHCBL) forms of human cord blood leukoconcentrate. Methods. The experiments were conducted using 6-month-old Wistar rats. AD was induced by topically applying a 5% alcohol-acetone solution of dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) to the skin of the rats' back for 21 days. Each form of the preparation (cHCBL and lHCBL) was administered intraperitoneally in a 0.5 ml dose containing 5´106 cells, one day after the final DNCB treatment. The following parameters were assessed in the blood: leukocyte count and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (N/L index). Сytomorphological characteristics were determined in the spleen and inguinal LN. Results. In AD, specific changes in the cytomorphological characteristics of the lymphohematopoietic complex (LHС) structures, namely the spleen and LN, were observed alongside alterations in the leukocyte cluster indices. The most notable changes in the spleen included the dominance of the white pulp over the red pulp and the prevalence of follicles of stages II and III of development in the LN. Animals with AD displayed pronounced leukocytosis and an increased N/L index in their blood. The study demonstrates the positive corrective effects of cHCBL and lHCBL on the morphological characteristics of LHC and the specified blood parameters. Conclusions. The effectiveness of the cHCBL and lHCBL use for correcting indices of leukocytes cluster of peripheral blood and the structural organization of lymphohemopoietic organs in the development of AD have been proven.
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