CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that there may be a benefit to filling tissue expanders with saline or, to a lesser extent, air prior to undergoing MRI. Furthermore, less than 1 kg is required to prevent rotation of the tissue expander, indicating that prone positioning may be useful in preventing palpable movement of the device. Thus, MRI can reasonably be considered in patients with breast t...

Background: Tagetes lucida Cav (T. lucida) is an herbaceous plant from the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and other Mesoamerican countries. Their common names are: (i) Spanish names: “hierbanís”, “jericón”, “pericón vomol”, “Santa María”, “cuchrucumín”, “falso hipericón”, “hierba añil”, “pericón”, “periquillo”; (ii) indigenous “ichka”, “cuahuyauhtli”, “yahuhtli”, “naná uarhi”, ...

Inflammation is crucially involved in the development of carotid plaques. We examined the relationship between plaque vulnerability and inflammatory biomarkers using intraoperative blood and tissue specimens. We examined 58 patients with carotid stenosis. Following carotid plaque magnetic resonance imaging, 41 patients underwent carotid artery stenting (CAS) and 17 underwent carotid endarterect...

Tryptophan catabolites (“TRYCATs”) produced by the kynurenine pathway (KP) may play a role in depression pathophysiology. Studies comparing TRYCATs levels depressed subjects and controls provided mixed findings. We examined association of with 1) presence Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), 2) depressive symptom profiles 3) inflammatory markers. The sample from Netherlands Study Depression Anxiety...

Chronic inflammation, atherosclerosis, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, and vascular damage play a crucial role in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, specific biomarkers that can determine diabetic disease, including minimal albuminuria, remain undefined.
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Depending upon the environment, macrophages can show at least two different phenotypes, including the inflammatory (M1) phenotype and the anti-inflammatory (M2) phenotype. CD11c–positive M1 macrophages produce proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL) 1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α, and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP) 1, which are linked to the development of obesity-associat...

INTRODUCTION Resistin is a cystein-rich secretory adipokine. It is proposed to have proinflammatory properties in humans. The aim of this study was to determine associations between serum levels of resistin and markers of inflammation and bone mineral density (BMD) in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS One hundred sixty-three female patients with SLE (20 to 82 ye...

BACKGROUND Cytokines play an significant role in regulating non-specific inflammatory response involved in many pathological processes. The current study tested the hypothesis that myocardial infarction in patients with obesity can lead to increased production of proinflammatory cytokines and unfavorable course of the pathological process. METHODS The study recruited 232 male patients with ST...

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with accumulation of macrophages in white adipose tissue (WAT), which contribute to the development of insulin resistance. Germ-free (GF) mice have reduced adiposity and are protected against diet-induced obesity, OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the gut microbiota and, specifically, gut-derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS) promote WAT inflammation and contribute ...