[Cigarette smoking and immunity disorder].
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.
Pirogowicz
Iwona
I
Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. iwapir@wp.pl
Gwiazda
Elzbieta
E
Hoffmann
Katarzyna
K
Drobnik
Jarosław
J
Steclwko
Andrzej
A
D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*