Peculiarities of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis and Some Current Approaches to Its Treatment.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common systemic autoimmune diseases. The present review regards the most important items of RA immunopathogenesis and some of approaches to its treatment. Initiation by a hypothetical antigen causes T lymphocyte activation.

[Lymphotropic immune correction with myelopid in the postoperative period in patients with cancer of the colon and rectum].

An analysis of surgical treatment of 142 patients with cancer of the colon and rectum included 32 emergency cases and 110 scheduled operations. Standard surgical methods only were used in 94 patients, the lymphotropic immunocorrection with myelopidum in the postoperative period was made in 48 patients. The use of lymphotropic immunocorrection was shown to considerably improve the immunological parameters and to decrease postoperative lethality.

[Likopid in the complex immunomodulating treatment of patients with sarcoidosis of the lung and intrathoracic lymph nodes].

Aim: To examine the functional status of the immune system in patients with lung and intrathoracic lymph nodes sarcoidosis and to evaluate the efficiency of immunomodulation alone and in its inclusion in combined treatment of the disease.

Materials And Methods: 58 patients with the disease of varying severity were followed up. Comprehensive examination, involving clinical, immunological, X-ray, and physical studies, in patients treated with combined immunotherapy was performed.