[Heparin–new perspectives on its antiinflammatory action]

M Krasnowska ¹ , A Kwaśniewski

1. Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Alergologii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.

Published:

GICID: 01.3001.0000.3059

Available language versions: en pl

Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 1995; 49 (5)

Abstract

Heparine is used as a therapeutic anticoagulant. Research carried out in the last years showed in both in vivo and in vitro experiments (also in men), that this is a pleiotropic substance with many diverse activities. Immunoregulatory properties of heparine, including immunosuppressive and most of all anti-proliferative lead to create the theory of its possible use in several chronic inflammatory processes. First experiments seem to justify this opinion.