Resumo

DIAZ LUIS, Jacqueline; MACIAS ABRAHAM, Consuelo  e  MENENDEZ CEPERO, Silvia. Modulator effect of ozone therapy over immune system activity. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.2, pp. 143-153. ISSN 0864-0289.

The employment of biological medicine has allowed the application of beneficial and systemic therapies where the body is treated as a whole. The ozone therapy is a modality of the biological medicine, it is a natural therapeutical procedure that has represented an extremely safe medical therapy, free from side effects, an effective and feasible method in the field of treatment of immunological diseases, with encouraging results for the social and economic impact that is generated after its application. There are experimental evidences that assert this statement. We hereby describe the immunomodulatory property of ozone therapy, the biological effects of the ozone on the cells of the immune system cells, other cellular types and different immune mediators.

Palavras-chave : Ozone therapy; immunomodulatory; biological medicine; immune stimulation.