Objective(s): Aberrant expression of CCL5 has been found in several kinds of inflammatory diseases, and the roles of CCL5 in these diseases have also been reported. However, the role of CCL5 in infantile pneumonia is still unclear. Thus, the function and acting mechanism of CCL5 in the in vitro model of infantile pneumonia were researched in this study. Materials and Methods: Human fetal lung f...

Introduction: Astrocytes have an important role in many neurodegenerative diseases. Active astrocytes release inflammatory factors such as NO and ILs. Shikonin, a naphthoquinone pigment of Lithospermum erythrorhizon roots has anti-inflammatory and antitumoral effects. The present study aims to investigate the anti-inflammatory and toxic effects of Shikonin on cultured astrocytes. Methods...

The sustained activation of intestinal mechanistic target rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) brought about by repeated mucosal insult or injury has been linked to escalation gut inflammatory response, which may progress damage the epithelium if not controlled. This study investigated role mTORC1 in response macrophage and enterocyte stimuli. We genetically manipulated human THP-1 monocytes epithelial...

objective(s): nowadays, cox- 2 inhibitors such as valdecoxib are removed from the market because of their cardiovascular toxicity and their potential to increase the risk of strokes. in response to this, medicinal chemists have attempted to synthesize new classes of cox-2 inhibitors.   materials and methods: in this study, three novel analogues of thiazolidin-4-ones derivatives 2a-c were synthe...