Obesity reaches up to epidemic proportions globally and increases the risk for a wide
spectrum of co-morbidities, including type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension …

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) is the first discovered and most extensively
studied CC chemokine, and the amount of studies on its role in the etiologies of obesity-and …

Excess body weight due to obesity has traditionally been considered to have a positive
effect on bone; however, more recent findings suggest that bone quality is compromised …

Monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1, also called chemokine (C‐C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) or
small inducible cytokine A2, is an inflammatory mediator capable of recruiting monocytes …

Background Parathyroidectomy has ameliorated cardiovascular risk factors in patients with
hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), but the effect of parathyroidectomy on …

Obesity is a pandemic of the 21st century, and the prevalence of this metabolic condition has
enormously increased over the past few decades. Obesity is associated with a number of …

Chemokines are small molecules that play a crucial role as chemoattractants for several cell
types, and their components are associated with host immune responses and repair …

INTRODUCTION: Dental pulp inflammation and repair are closely related. Osteocalcin
(OCN), a glycoprotein present in dentin matrix, is expressed by odontoblasts. Although OCN …

The chemokine system is a complex arrangement of molecules that attract leukocytes to the
site of injury or inflammation. This chemotactic behavior gives the system the name …

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has a significant role as an anabolic hormone in bone when
administered by intermittent injection. Previous microarray studies in our laboratory have …