[The function of the effector cells of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis].

As many as 105 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were examined for function of tissue and circulating neutrophils. The effect of serum factors on the nature of inflammation and synovial fluid was estimated both in the joint and in the focus of aseptic inflammation. The defense mechanisms of regulating inflammation, different trends in the effects of serum and synovial fluid on cell migration and oxygen metabolism were revealed, relations between the phenomena under study and the disease activity and local inflammation were defined.