Mesothelial cells are fundamental to the maintenance of serosal integrity and homeostasis
and play a critical role in normal serosal repair following injury. However, when normal …

The development of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a successful therapy has and still depends
on experimental models to test and understand critical pieces of pathophysiology. To date …

In inflammatory CNS conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), current options to treat
clinical relapse are limited, and more selective agents are needed. Disruption of the blood …

Inflammation plays a critical role in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Infiltration
of leukocytes to sites of injury requires their exit from the blood and migration across …

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is rapidly expressed in response to tissue damage; however, its role in
coordinating the progression from injury to fibrogenesis is not fully understood. Liver fibrosis …

Interleukin-1β (IL-1) expression is associated with a spectrum of neuroinflammatory
processes related to chronic neurodegenerative diseases. The single-bolus microinjection …

Fibrosis is a normal response to tissue injury and occurs in diverse clinical settings such as
wound healing, glomerulonephritis, cirrhosis, and pulmonary fibrosis. In wound healing …

Objective To evaluate the activation state of macrophage function in patientswith age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) by quantifying the productionof the proinflammatory and …

Fructooligosaccharide was isolated from Polygonatum Cyrtonema Hua (PFOS) for the first
time. Structure characterized using FT-IR, MALDI-TOF-MS, NMR, AFM, and TEM, indicated …

The success of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is dependent on the structural and functional
integrity of the peritoneal membrane. The mesothelium lines the peritoneal membrane and …