inflammation

Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, autism, schizophrenia and many other neurological and psychiatric conditions have been linked to inflammation in the brain. Source link

A newly discovered microbiome-controlled anti-inflammatory subset of astrocytes helps researchers better understand inflammation of the central nervous system and its regulation. Source link

Chronic inflammation is clearly very important in the progression of numerous neurodegenerative conditions, Alzheimer's disease included. Inflammatory signaling, when unrelenting, disrupts cell and tissue function in many tissue types.…

Recently researchers from India analyzed gender differences in COVID-19-related hyperinflammatory conditions resulting in mortality in Indian patients. The study is published on the preprint server, medRxiv*. Source link

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Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation. This is the conclusion of a…

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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that human muscle has an innate ability to ward off the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised. The discovery was made possible through the use of lab-grown,…

Learn more about the link between ongoing inflammation and lung cancer, and what you can do to fight it. Source link

We previously showed that exposure to a high-sugar and moderate-fat diet (i.e., Western diet, WD) in mice induces appreciable skin inflammation and enhances the susceptibility to imiquimod-induced psoriasiform dermatitis (PsD),…

A new study reports the level of ACE2 and furin, two enzymes that are intimately linked to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Source link

Scientists have identified a key factor in mental aging and shown that it might be prevented or reversed by fixing a glitch in the immune system’s front-line soldiers. Source link

Life in the digital age often throws a curveball when the signalling bars on our mobile phones drop or disappear altogether. Similarly, disruptions in the signalling networks of cells within the body can wreak havoc and lead to disease.…

Could chronic inflammation lead to breast cancer? Find out what the science says. Source link

Clostridioides difficile exploits toxin-mediated inflammation to alter the host nutritional landscape and exclude competitors from the gut microbiota Source link

University of South Australia scientists have developed the world's first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on the levels of a specific protein found in the brain. Source link

The potentially deadly COVID-19 has not affected animals with corresponding severity. To understand the mechanism of severe disease, animal models have been used. This includes a mouse model that expresses human angiotensin-converting…

Dietary patterns, food groups and nutrients in Crohn’s disease: associations with gut and systemic inflammation Source link

Related Articles Cardioprotection of pharmacological postconditioning on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Life Sci. 2021 Jan 01;264:118628 Authors: Wu Y, Liu H, Wang X Abstract…

Klotho is one of the few robustly demonstrated longevity-associated genes. Greater expression extends life in mice, while reduced expression shortens life. Present investigations of the mechanisms by which klotho produces effects on…