A class of new drugs, called "tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers", can block off the effect of a protein that mediates inflammation. hsbc.com.hk 一種全新的藥物種類稱為「腫瘤壞死因子抑制劑」(TNF blocker),可有效壓抑某種蛋白質所 產生 的 發 炎作 用。 hsbc.com.hk [...] HA to fre...
In this regard, chronic tissue inflammation has emerged as a key feature of obesity and T2D and is observed in insulin target tissues, such as adipose tissue, liver, muscle, and pancreatic islets. These observations have led to the term “immunometabolism,” which incorporates the underlying inter...
Dose-response tests that indicate the adequacy of liver stores and isotope-dilution tests that reflect the amount of vitamin A stored in the liver. Both are labor intensive and expensive compared with serum retinol and RBP (324). ○ Conjunctival impression cytology has been used as a marker for...
Atherosclerosis is the process of plaque formation including various cells, lipids, and debris tissue in the vascular intima,1which is identified as a chronic vascular inflammation mediated by traditional and nontraditional risk factors.2Atherosclerosis was traditionally regarded as a disease of cholesterol...
Pyroptosis is a novel inflammatory form of regulated cell death (RCD), characterized by cell swelling, membrane rupture, and pro-inflammatory effects. It is recognized as a potent inflammatory response required for maintaining organismal homeostasis. However, excessive and persistent pyroptosis contributes...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a frequent autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). There are three clinical forms described: relap
Similarly, low-grade systemic inflammation induced by hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and obesity is a risk factor for several cancers, such as liver, pancreatic, colon, and breast cancers [11]. Abundant scientific evidence points out a significant role of systemic inflammation in cancer initiation, de...
CHICAGO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Among organ transplant patients, those receiving new lungs face a higher rate of organ failure and death compared with people undergoing heart, kidney and liver transplants, and one of the culprits is inflammation that damages the newly transplanted lung. ...
liver, or adrenal gland; by comparison, only 6 patients have been documented with progressed disease in the TCGA stage I cohort (Fig.1d). Distributions of age, smoking, sex, histologic and International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) grade in the progression and no progressio...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with significant morbidity and its chronic inflammation contributes to subsequent chronic kidney disease (CKD) development. Yes-associated protein (YAP), the major transcriptional coactivator of the Hippo pathway,