On the occasion of the 70th birthday anniversary of V. P. Fedotov

Abstract

70 years old, the famous endocrinologist Viktor Petrovich Fedotov, doctor of medical sciences, professor honored scientist of the Russian Federation, head of the laboratory for biological studies of hormonal compounds of the Endocrinology Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, editor-in-chief of the journal “Problems of Endocrinology”, is 70 years old. After graduating from the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute, V.P. Fedotov entered graduate school at the Institute of Biophysics of the USSR Ministry of Health, which he successfully completed by completing his dissertation on the effect of polonium on the carbohydrate function of the liver. Later, the scientific interests of V.P. Fedotov were concentrated in the field of experimental endocrinology; his doctoral dissertation (1972) was devoted to the reaction of the endocrine system to radiation exposure and demonstrated the importance of the pituitary and adrenal cortex in the formation of symptoms of radiation sickness. In 1982, V.P. Fedotov was awarded the title of professor, in 1994 - the title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. Since 1966 V.P. Fedotov heads the laboratory he created. The main focus of her work was the study of the complex of biological properties of hormones and their analogues, as well as the correlation between their structure and functions. For the first time in the country, the laboratory developed methods for radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones in humans and rats. V.P. Fedotov and his collaborators obtained important results regarding the regulation of proliferative and secretory processes in the pituitary and pancreas, and their changes in ontogenesis. The laboratory developed and put into practice an original method for determining autoantibodies to surface antigens of islet cells of the pancreas.