By virtue of their actions on NF-κB, an inflammatory nuclear transcription factor, various
cytokines have been documented to play important regulatory roles in determining cardiac …

Bile acids (BAs) are not only digestive surfactants but also important cell signaling
molecules, which stimulate several signaling pathways to regulate some important …

Obstruction of bile flow results in bacterial proliferation and mucosal injury in the small
intestine that can lead to the translocation of bacteria across the epithelial barrier and …

Inflammation is a defense strategy against invading agents and harmful molecules that is
activated immediately following a stimulus, and involves the release of cytokines and …

Shigella flexneri is a gram-negative bacterium which causes the most communicable of
bacterial dysenteries, shigellosis. Shigellosis causes 1.1 million deaths and over 164 million …

The expression levels of mRNA encoding a panel of 28 chicken cytokines and chemokines
were quantified in intestinal lymphocytes following Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria tenella …

Frailty is a complex geriatric syndrome associated with biological vulnerability to stressors
and decreased physiological reserve. Its etiology and pathogenesis are not completely …

ABSTRACT Caspase-1 (Casp-1) mediates the processing of the proinflammatory cytokines
interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 to their mature forms. Casp-1-deficient mice succumb more …

Aim Variations in the expression of cytokines during the progression of periodontitis remain
ill‐defined. We evaluated the expression of 19 cytokine genes related to T‐cell …

Introduction: Cytokines are of major importance in periodontal disease progression.
Interleukin‐12 (IL‐12) stimulates interferon‐γ production by T helper type 1 (Th1) cells while …