[Autoimmune component of inflammatory reactions in the radicular syndromes of lumbar osteochondrosis].

Experimental and clinical studies of the autoimmune component of the reactive inflammatory process in tissues of the vertebral canal, caused by the presence of elements of an intervertebral disk, have allowed the authors to investigate the immune reaction of a delayed type and prove that it is immunocomplex in nature and manifests 3 weeks after the elements of the intervertebral disk have found their way into the immunocompetent system. The presence of immunoglobulins around the vessels and in the spinal membranes sheds some light on the autoimmune origin of cicatricial changes in these anatomical structures.