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Inflammation and Pregnancy

Reproductive Sciences, 2009
Inflammation is a process by which tissues respond to various insults. It is characterized by upregulation of chemokines, cytokines, and pattern recognition receptors that sense microbes and tissue breakdown products. During pregnancy, the balance of Th1 (cell-mediated immunity) and Th2 (humoral immunity) cytokines is characterized by an initial ...
Challis, John R.   +5 more
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Thiazolidinediones and inflammation

Lupus, 2005
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are selective ligands of peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor g increasingly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Both in vitro and in vivo studies provide evidence that TZDs have anti-inflammatory properties. TZDs inhibit macrophage activation and decrease inflammatory cytokine expression and release in macrophage
CONSOLI, Agostino, DEVANGELIO, ELEONORA
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Diabetes and Inflammation

Herz, 2004
In the last 50 years health care systems throughout the world have faced a new epidemic dual disease: cardiovascular disease (CVD)-diabetes mellitus. Nowadays, CVD is the leading cause of death in all western countries, and 60% of deaths for ischemic heart disease and stroke occur in developing countries with fixing resources.
COSENTINO, Francesco, G. E. Assenza
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Inflammation in hypertension

Current Opinion in Internal Medicine, 2006
In this review we summarize the recent evidence that highlights the involvement of low-grade inflammation in the development and pathophysiology of hypertension.Essential hypertension is characterized by increased peripheral vascular resistance to blood flow, due in large part to vascular remodeling. Vascular changes in hypertension are associated with
SAVOIA, Carmine, SCHIFFRIN E.
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Placental Inflammation

Seminars in Neonatology, 2004
Placental inflammatory disorders represent a diverse and important category of pathological processes leading to fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. These processes can be divided into two broad subcategories, those caused by micro-organisms and those caused by host immune responses to non-replicating antigens.
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Inflammation revisited: inflammation versus resolution of inflammation following myocardial infarction

Basic Research in Cardiology, 2014
Myocardial infarction (MI) is the main cause for the progression of the left ventricle towards congestive heart failure. The optimal healing after MI requires timely induction and resolution of inflammation. Primarily, there have been a number of strategies applied to inhibit the post-MI inflammation but approaches that focus on the resolution of ...
Vasundhara, Kain   +2 more
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Asthma and inflammation.

2012
Asthma is a respiratory disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness and variable airflow obstruction that is often reversible. These characteristics lead to symptoms of asthma such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, cough and sputum production.
Scott, H. A.   +3 more
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Basophils in inflammation

European Journal of Pharmacology, 2016
Basophils are functionally closely related to mast cells. Both cell types express the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) and rapidly release preformed mediator from intracellular stores upon IgE-mediated activation. However, in contrast to mast cells basophils finish their maturation in the bone marrow and have a lifespan of only 2-3 days.
Christian, Schwartz   +2 more
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Inflammation and surfactant

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2002
An intact and well-functioning pulmonary surfactant system is critical for normal respiration and protection from lung infection. Surfactant is comprised of phospholipids that reduce surface tension and greatly reduce the work of breathing. The other major component consists of surfactant-associated proteins, which optimise the biophysical function of ...
Keith C, Meyer, Jerry J, Zimmerman
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