Links of pathogenesis of pre- and perinatal damage of the children’s brain

Abstract

A correlation analysis was made of the relationships between the structural changes in the brain and the content of idiotypic, anti-idiotypic antibodies to the soluble calcium-binding protein of the nervous tissue S100 in the serum of 318 children of the frst year of life with consequences of pre- and perinatal brain damage. We established the conjugation between the structural pathology of the brain, represented by cystic-atrophic changes, calcifcations, glia in the brain substance, periventricular leukomalacia, periventricular cysts, expansion of the ventricular system, congenital malformations of the brain, and the content of idiotypic, anti-idiotypic antibodies to the S100 protein in the serum blood of children 3, 6, 9, 12 months old. The concentration of idiotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies to the protein of the nervous tissue S100 in the serum reflects the severity of destructive processes in the brain substance. Autoimmune processes are one of the mechanisms that lead to the structural damage to the brain in children with adverse pre- and perinatal factors.