OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of severe sepsis on monocyte tumor necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme baseline and inducible activity profiles. DESIGN Observational clinical study. SETTING Mixed surgical/medical teaching hospital ICU. PATIENTS Sixteen patients with severe sepsis, 15 healthy volunteers, and eight critically ill patients with noninfectious systemic inflammatory response...

Accumulating evidence implicates innate immune activation in the pathobiology of myelodysplastic syndromes. A key myeloid-related inflammatory protein, S100A9, serves as a Toll-like receptor ligand regulating tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β production. The role of myelodysplastic syndrome-related inflammatory proteins in endogenous erythropoietin regulation and response to erythroid-...

conclusions taken together, pomegranate juice did not affect serum cytokines levels in patients with oa. its role in improving physical function in these patients most likely involves other mechanisms. background osteoarthritis (oa) is the most common musculoskeletal disorder causing disability and loss of function, particularly in the elderly. preclinical and in-vitro studies for mitigation of...

background: pleurisy is a common extra pulmonary complication of tuberculosis, but current methods for diagnosing it are fairly crude. here we product a meta-analysis for the available evidence on the ability of tumor necrosis factor-? (tnf-?) in pleural fluid to serve as a diagnostic marker of tuberculous pleurisy (tp). materials and methods: we searched the pubmed, embase, and google scholar ...

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic, immune-mediated disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing β cells in pancreas. This study investigated influence single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) –308 G/A (rs1800629,) on T1DM patients. Method: The was included 75 patients and 25 healthy subjects. SNP–308 TNF-α gene detected using po...

Abstract Vascular inflammation activated by pro-inflammatory cytokines is an inflammatory response that occurs in the early stages of atherosclerosis. Endothelial dysfunction vascular begins with expression cell surface adhesion molecules cytokines. The purpose this study was to evaluate and verify effects isobavachalcone. In study, we investigated isobavachalcone on responses induced tumor nec...