THE ROLE OF INTESTINAL ENDOTOXIN IN THE FORMATION AND COURSE OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

The current trend towards increased and worsening of allergic diseases in children requires more intensive efforts to find effective preventive measures and ways to correct already established forms of pathology. A promising direction is the use of the immunogenic potential of the intestinal microbiota. The article discusses one of the key mechanisms of interaction of microorganisms with the immune system, associated with their active surface structures - lipopolysaccharides (endotoxins). All the data available today on its effect on the formation and course of bronchial asthma are discussed.