[Development of a technical arsenal of the method of fluorescent probes]

A brief history of the development of the method of fluorescent probes and examples of its application are presented. Works done at the 2nd Moscow medical institute and institute of physical chemical medicine in collabora'tion with other institutes on: (1) detection of T- and B-lymphocytes in immune pathology; (2) investigation of the structure and clinical estimation of lipoproteins from blood plasma or serum in relation to the assessment of risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases; (3) detection of changes in album molecule in a series of pathological processes improving the prognosis of the development of such diseases as peritonitis, pancreatitis, poisoning with psychotropic preparations etc.; (4) intravital measurement of the potentials in electric fields in leukocytes and changes of these fields in the-course of immunological diseases are described. With these approaches it is possible to study molecular events in the course of pathogenesis and also obtain diagnostically significant information on physical chemical aspect of these events. This information is not a conventional method used in the clinical laboratory.