inflammation

In a new study, researchers have gained insights into the steps leading to the production of IL-1 beta, a potent inflammatory protein signal released during various inflammatory reactions...

Researchers have now found that gingiva stiffness affects gingival fibroblast characteristics, which in turn affects whether inflammation is likely to develop and makes it challenging to create gingival fibres...

Recently, researchers began working to develop non-mammalian alternatives that could reduce the number of rodents used in biomedical research and one that could also lower costs and accelerate results. These…

In a recent publication, scientists made a big advancement in their knowledge of how inflammation is controlled...

Researchers looked at mechanisms in the skin that might lessen damage from UV radiation or infections, which can also produce uncomfortable symptoms like sunburn, in a new report that looked…

In a recent paper, Crainiciuc and colleagues made use of 4D imaging technology to visualise several hundreds of cells in an attempt to characterize each leukocyte at the site of…

In this recent paper, researchers were able to show the direction and degree of which the NLRP3 structure/filament expands during inflammation using cryo-electron microscopy...

A recent article published in Kidney International highlights novel findings concerning Tertiary lymphoid tissues (TLTs), which are ectopic lymphoid tissues formed due to chronic inflammatory microenvironment which functions as a…

In an interesting discovery, an international team of researchers have identified and described a new cell type in human skin that contributes to inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis…

Fabrizio De Benedetti gave examples of clinical presentations and laboratory features of hyper-inflammation with a focus on hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS).

Researchers led by Prof Chen Dong from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) have demonstrated that increased body temperature critically regulates the differentiation  and pathogenicity of Th17, a subset of T cells…

19th September, 2018 Recent work by Shan-Shan Rao et. al, has highlighted the potential of Omentin-1 in downregulating the activity of proinflammatory cytokines, thereby unravelling its mechanism ...

11th October, 2017Immune-mediated inflammation of the uvea is one of the major causes of uveitis. Recent studies have linked intestinal microbiomes and their metabolites to...

30th August, 2017Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a condition that affects millions around the world.

28th April, 2017 Certain autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), hystiocytosis and rheumatoid arthritis, have been associated with dysregulated cytokine...

July 5th, 2016 New research published in PLOS One attempted to bridge the gap between the social and the biological by studying the relationship between loneliness and circulating levels of…