quite often macrophages can mediate chronic inflammation. This is seen in several inflammatory dermatoses including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and chronic contact dermatitis. Several lines of ...

A recent Brazilian study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research has highlighted promising pathways for preventing and ...

The study shows that mitochondria do more than provide energy; they play an active role in modulating the immune response.

Mitochondria, often seen as cellular powerhouses, play a surprising role in immune regulation. Researchers found that ...

Patients completed the VISA-A scoring system,18 a validated clinical outcome ... used to determine differences between mRNA expression of macrophage and SFA target genes in cytokine-treated healthy ...

Biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside have received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of sex-specific immune responses in obesity ...

1 However, exercise causes mechanical stress in skeletal muscles; this, along with microinjuries, can spark mild inflammation. A short bout of inflammation is helpful to clear damaged material, but ...

Inflammation ... system’s response to an irritant, injury, or infection. Short-term inflammation is a normal and necessary part of your body’s defense against injury and infection. Chronic ...

"Therapies aimed at improving mitochondrial activity could benefit inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, sepsis, and chronic infections by enhancing the immune system's ability ...

However, this same ability to amplify the immune response can also aggravate the inflammatory ... allows macrophages and other cells of the innate immune system to respond more efficiently to ...