Dr. Oleg Kuzmenok received his MD degree in Minsk State Medical University(Republic of Belarus).  He finished PhD Program in Immunology (specialty: "Clinical Immunology and Allergology" at the Moscow State Institute of Immunology (Russian Federation) in 1993.  For over fifteen years, his research focused upon studies of the effects of radiation on T cell immunodeficiency formation in people affected following Chernobyl catastrophe. Previous research focused on  thymus hormones and autoantibody against thymic epithelial cells evaluations as a main mediators of post-radiation acceleration of aging (Int J Radiation Biology, 1993; 63: 519-528). More recently, the immunology of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and elaboration of IgG treatment protocols for MG was the main subject of his study. He is currently investigating immunomodulating effects of human umbilical  cord blood on mouse model of ALS and Sanfilippo Syndrome. His work involves Th1/Th2 and serum autoantibody assays, immuno-histochemical and PCR analyses.

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Kuzmenok O.I, Sanberg P.R., Desjarlais T.G., Bennett S.P., and S. N. Garbuzova-Davis. Lymphopenia and spontaneous autorosette-formation in  SOD1 mouse model of ALS. Ann Hematol, 2004 (submitted).

Chang, S.C., Kuzmenok, O.I., Chiang, S.C. and Lee, S.T. An improved method for detection of Leishmania amastigotes by an antibody probe against the small subunit of leishmanial ribonucleotide reductase. Parasitol. Res. 94(3), 243-245, 2004. 

Kuzmenok OI, Potapnev MP, Potapova SM, Smolnikova VV, Rzheutsky VA, Yarilin AA, Savino W, and Belyakov IM. Late effect of Chernobyl radiation accident on T cell-mediated immunity in cleanup workers. Rad Res 159, 109-116, 2003 

Savino W, Martins A, Neves-dos-Santos S, Smaniotto S, Ocampo J.S.P., Mendes-da-Cruz D.A,Terra-Granado E, Kusmenok O, and D. M. S. Villa-Verde D.M.S. Thymocyte migration:an affair of multiple cellular interactions. Braz J Med Biol Res., 36: 1015-1025, 2003. 

Ponomareva E.N, Sinevich P.A, and Kuzmenok O.I  Myasthenia gravis. Pathogenesis, differential diagnosis and treatment. Monography. "MET", Minsk, Republic of Belarus. 175 p, 2002.

Peshnyak JV, Potapova SM, Ponomareva EN, Ruksha EV, and Kuzmenok O. Evaluation of serum concentration of TNF-a in myasthenia gravis patients after low-doses therapy course by intravenous Immunoglobulins (IgGs) (III phase of clinical trials). Med Immunol, Vol.3, 2: 333-337, 2001.

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