Psoriasis is a frequent inflammatory skin disease. Fundamental research on the
pathogenesis of psoriasis has substantially increased our understanding of skin …

The most commonly recognized behavioral patterns of animals and people at the onset of
febrile infectious diseases are lethargy, depression, anorexia, and reduction in grooming …

The first edition of the Textbook of Medical Physiology was written by Arthur C. Guyton
almost 50 years ago. Unlike many major medical textbooks, which often have 20 or more …

In the present study we demonstrate that human monocytes activated by
lipopolysaccharides (LPS) were able to produce high levels of interleukin 10 (IL-10) …

Interleukin 1, an immune response-generated cytokine that stimulates astrocyte proliferation
and reactivity (astrogliosis), was present in up to 30 times as many glial cells in tissue …

This pocket-sized resource offers rapid, portable access to the most important facts and
concepts from Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th Edition. It is a superb …

Human embryo implantation is a three-stage process (apposition, adhesion and invasion)
involving synchronized crosstalk between a receptive endometrium and a functional …

THP-1 is a human monocytic leukemia cell line. After treatment with phorbol esters, THP-1
cells differentiate into macrophage-like cells which mimic native monocyte-derived …

The effects of inflammatory cytokines on naive T cells have been studied using MHC
protein/peptide complexes on microspheres, thus avoiding the use of APCs whose functions …

Consumption of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) is associated with a reduced
incidence of coronary arterial diseases. Dietary n-3 PUFAs act via several mechanisms …