title: [Cigarette smoking and immunity disorder].
abstract: Cigarette smoking addiction is one of the cardinal factors the diseases of respiratory system, cardio-vascular system and neoplasms. A part of them is the effect of immunosupression. It includes both morphologic changes (atrophia of lymphoid tissue) and cell functional disorder of the immune system. Cell-mediated response Th1-type, which is responsible for pathogens invasion, is depleted, whereas Th2-type is increased and has its effect on higher frequency of allergic diseases. Susceptibility to neoplasmatic changes is also augmented.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. iwapir@wp.pl
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pirogowicz
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gwiazda
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drobnik
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steclwko
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*