Tumor necrosis factor-alfa soluble receptors – their properties and role in diagnosis and therapy of acute and chronic diseases

Aneta Hill-Bator ¹ , Adam Opolski

1. Zakład Immunologii Nowotworów Instytutu Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. L. Hirszfelda PAN we Wrocławiu.

Published: 2002-09-15

GICID: 01.3001.0000.3523

Available language versions: en

Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 2002; 56 (5)

Abstract

The review presents the properties and significance of soluble forms of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alfa receptors in physiology and pathology of human organism. Special attention was turned to the possibility of practical application of those forms of the receptors in the therapy of diseases caused by excessive activity of TNF-alfa.