Reprogrammed metabolism is a hallmark of cancer. However, the metabolic dependency of
cancer, from tumour initiation through disease progression and therapy resistance, requires …

The peptide hormone leptin regulates food intake, body mass, and reproductive function and
plays a role in fetal growth, proinflammatory immune responses, angiogenesis and lipolysis …

Interleukins and associated cytokines serve as the means of communication for innate and
adaptive immune cells as well as non-immune cells and tissues. Thus, interleukins have a …

IL-6 is involved both in immune responses and in inflammation, hematopoiesis, bone
metabolism and embryonic development. IL-6 plays roles in chronic inflammation (closely …

Since December 2019, a viral pneumonia, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
from Wuhan, China, has swept the world. Although the case fatality rate is not high, the …

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 …

The molecular pathology of multi-organ injuries in COVID-19 patients remains unclear,
preventing effective therapeutics development. Here, we report a proteomic analysis of 144 …

Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease involving the destruction of both soft and hard tissue
in the periodontal region. Although dysbiosis of the local microbial community initiates local …

Cachexia is the involuntary loss of muscle and adipose tissue that strongly affects mortality
and treatment efficacy in patients with cancer or chronic inflammatory disease. Currently, no …

The IL-6 family of cytokines consists of IL-6, IL-11, IL-27, IL-31, oncostatin M (OSM),
leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), cardiotrophin 1 (CT-1) …