[Interleukin-1 production in patients with subacute and chronic opisthorchiasis].

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) production by peripheral blood lymphocytes was studied in 3 patients with the subacute and in 28 patients with the chronic stage of the disease. Monocyte culture was obtained by the H. R.

[Characteristics of the production of lymphokines regulating the function of the cells of the phagocytic system on exposure to cyclosporin A].

Gel chromatographic studies and the detection of the biological activity have demonstrated that cyclosporin A decreases the level of protein secretion and stimulates the therapeutic effect of lymphokines on wound healing.

[Activation of monocytes during hemodialysis].

The authors conducted a clinical study of the hypothesis of interleukin-1 regarded as one of the most important topics in the problem of biocompatibility of dialytic membranes. Hemodialyses (HD) were performed using different cellulose and synthetic membranes. During HD research was made into the kinetics of monocytes and lymphocytes, monocytic activation expressed by a stimulation index, and the deposition of blood elements on the membranes of parallel membrane dialysers.