Inflammation in obesity, diabetes, and related disorders

TV Rohm, DT Meier, JM Olefsky, MY Donath - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Obesity leads to chronic, systemic inflammation and can lead to insulin resistance (IR), β-cell
dysfunction, and ultimately type 2 diabetes (T2D). This chronic inflammatory state …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophages at the interface of the co-evolving cancer ecosystem

DJ Kloosterman, L Akkari - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Macrophages are versatile and heterogeneous innate immune cells undertaking central
functions in balancing immune responses and tissue repair to maintain homeostasis. This …

[HTML][HTML] Health consequences of thymus removal in adults

KA Kooshesh, BH Foy, DB Sykes… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The function of the thymus in human adults is unclear, and routine removal of
the thymus is performed in a variety of surgical procedures. We hypothesized that the adult …

Cytokine release syndrome and associated neurotoxicity in cancer immunotherapy

EC Morris, SS Neelapu, T Giavridis… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A paradigm shift has recently occurred in the field of cancer therapeutics. Traditional
anticancer agents, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and small-molecule drugs targeting …

CD19 CAR T-cell therapy and prophylactic anakinra in relapsed or refractory lymphoma: phase 2 trial interim results

JH Park, K Nath, SM Devlin, CS Sauter, ML Palomba… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
In preclinical models, anakinra, an IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), reduced immune
effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) without compromising anti-CD19 …

Interleukins and ischemic stroke

H Zhu, S Hu, Y Li, Y Sun, X Xiong, X Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ischemic stroke after cerebral artery occlusion is one of the major causes of chronic disability
worldwide. Interleukins (ILs) play a bidirectional role in ischemic stroke through information …

[HTML][HTML] The role of IL-1β and TNF-α in intervertebral disc degeneration

Y Wang, M Che, J Xin, Z Zheng, J Li, S Zhang - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Low back pain (LBP), a prevalent and costly disease around the world, is predominantly
caused by intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (IDD). LBP also presents a substantial …

The pro-inflammatory cytokines in COVID-19 pathogenesis: What goes wrong?

D Darif, I Hammi, A Kihel, IEI Saik, F Guessous… - Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, has emerged in China in December 2019 …

Interleukin-18 cytokine in immunity, inflammation, and autoimmunity: Biological role in induction, regulation, and treatment

SA Ihim, SD Abubakar, Z Zian, T Sasaki… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a potent pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in host defense against
infections and regulates the innate and acquired immune response. IL-18 is produced by …

Cytokines in inflammatory disease

S Kany, JT Vollrath, B Relja - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review aims to briefly discuss a short list of a broad variety of inflammatory cytokines.
Numerous studies have implicated that inflammatory cytokines exert important effects with …