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Chronic Inflammation in an Anophthalmic Socket due to a Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Implant
(2016-01-01)
Two case reports are used to illustrate the signs and symptoms, complications and treatments of chronic socket inflammation due to intraorbital implants. The ophthalmic examination, surgeries and treatments are documented. ...
Associations between nutritional markers and inflammation in hemodialysis patients
(Springer, 2009-12-01)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate associations between clinical, laboratory, demographic, and nutritional markers with inflammatory state and malnutrition in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Fifty-two patients on regular ...
Inflammation in cancer cachexia: To resolve or not to resolve (is that the question?)
(CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONEEDINBURGH, 2012)
Background & aims: Cachexia is associated with poor prognosis and shortened survival in cancer patients. Growing evidence points out to the importance of chronic systemic inflammation in the aetiology of this syndrome. In ...
Neural reflex regulation of systemic inflammation: potential new targets for sepsis therapy
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014)
Sepsis progresses to multiple organ dysfunction due to the uncontrolled release of inflammatory mediators, and a growing body of evidence shows that neural signals play a significant role in modulating the immune response. ...
Serum iron and plasma fibrinogen concentrations as indicators of systemic inflammatory diseases in horses
(Amer Coll Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2007-05-01)
Background: Detection of systemic inflammation, which is important for proper diagnosis and prompt treatment, can be challenging.Hypothesis: Measurement of plasma iron concentration is a sensitive method for detecting ...
The mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) as a model for inflammation-promoted prostate carcinogenesis
(2017-11-01)
One of the recognized issues in prostate cancer research is the lack of animal models allowing the research of pathological, biochemical, and genetic factors in immunocompetent animals. Our research group has successfully ...
Galectin-1: A Jack-of-all-trades in the resolution of acute and chronic inflammation
(American Association of Immunologists, 2017-12-01)
Regulatory signals provide negative input to immunologicalnetworks promoting resolution of acute andchronic inflammation. Galectin-1 (Gal-1), a member of afamily of evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding proteins,displays ...
Clinical chorioamnionitis at term II: the intra-amniotic inflammatory response
(Walter De Gruyter GMBH, 2016)
Objective: Recent studies indicate that clinical chorioamnionitis is a heterogeneous condition and only approximately one-half of the patients have bacteria in the amniotic cavity, which is often associated with intra-amniotic ...