Investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important inflammatory responses. Their findings open up possibilities for modulating the ...

Scientists have just identified how specific immune cells can work together in fat to cause inflammation that leads to weight gain and obesity. Their work pinpoints new avenues to exploit the ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – New Cornell University research connects enjoyment of nature to a specific biological process – inflammation. The study showed that more frequent positive contact with nature was ...

While there is known to be an association between inflammation and depression, it is not known if there is cause and effect. Now, the power of the UK Biobank has been brought to bear to show that when ...

Inflammation needs energy An important source for this energy is oxygen, which is indispensable for the cells of the immune system to work properly. Oxygen is an essential element required for cells ...

New research has updated our understanding of how sugars, known as glycans, help immune cells move into skin in the inflammatory disease, psoriasis. The paper entitled “Leukocytes have a heparan ...

Elevated levels of the key cellular process of apoptosis have been implicated in intestinal inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a new study from the Quadram Institute. IBD is a ...

Dear Doctor: I read that scientists are close to being able to "turn off" inflammation. What does that mean? And isn't that dangerous, since inflammation is a natural part of the immune system? Dear ...

Inflammation is a vital player in the metastatic process. Inflammatory molecules secreted by cells in the tumor microenvironment can foster cancer cell dissemination through affecting the infiltration ...