[Indicators of cellular and humoral immunity during the process of healing of stomach ulcer].

Cellular and humoral immunity parameters in the process of healing of ulcer were studied in 47 patients with gastric ulcer. Changes in the immune status in these patients depended on the stage of healing of an ulcerous defect (active exacerbation, the beginning of cicatrization, "red" or "white" scar) and were most pronounced at the initial period of ulcer cicatrization. They were manifested by the signs of the immune system activation (primarily by increase in the relative content of theophylline-resistant T-lymphocytes). In patients with more prolonged terms of ulcer healing these changes appear later to indicate one of the factors of slow ulcer cicatrization.