Complement Activation and Inhibition in Wound Healing by Gwendolyn Cazander, Gerrolt N. Jukema, Peter H. Nibbering

“…Complement activation is needed to restore tissue injury; however, inappropriate activation of complement, as seen in chronic wounds can cause cell death and enhance inflammation, thus contributing to further injury and impaired wound healing. …”
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New Possibilities for the Treatment of Crohn’s Disease by Z. A. Mamieva, E. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin

“…The drug interrupts the cascade of humoral and cellular reactions leading to transmural inflammation of the intestinal wall by blocking the interaction of the p40 subunit with the IL-12Rβ1 chain on the surface of T-lymphocytes and NK cells. …”
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Silicosis: from pathogenesis to therapeutics by Bijun Yang, Xiaoman Liu, Cheng Peng, Xiangjing Meng, Qiang Jia

“…The main pathological process involves parenchymal lung injury, inflammation and lung tissue fibrosis, but the exact pathogenesis remains elusive. …”
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A Study of Factors Contributing to Denture Stomatitis in a North Indian Community by Amit Vinayak Naik, Ranjana C. Pai

“…Denture age was proportional to Candida colonization and not to degree of inflammation. Significant differences were found in Candida colonization of the fitting surface of the denture between stomatitis and control groups. …”
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Exosome-Derived microRNA: Potential Target for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis by Yujie Xiao, Yixuan Yuan, Dahai Hu, Hongtao Wang

“…This review comprehensively explores the biology of exosome-derived miRNAs, which originate from both immune cells (such as macrophages and dendritic cells) and nonimmune cells (such as endothelial and epithelial cells) and play a dynamic role in modulating pathways that affect the course of sepsis, including those related to inflammation, immune response, cell survival, and apoptosis. …”
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Limbal Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia Mimicking Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Palpebral Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Chintan Malhotra, Arun K. Jain, Bikram Thapa

“…The subepithelium revealed a dense plasma-rich inflammation. Discussion. We report this relatively uncommon presentation of limbal pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia mimicking an ocular surface squamous neoplasia in palpebral vernal keratoconjunctivitis. …”
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Myokines as Possible Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Cachexia by Emilia Manole, Laura C. Ceafalan, Bogdan O. Popescu, Carmen Dumitru, Alexandra E. Bastian

“…Cachexia is an extremely serious syndrome which occurs in most patients with different cancers, and it is characterized by systemic inflammation, a negative protein and energy balance, and involuntary loss of body mass. …”
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Cutaneous Disease as Sole Clinical Manifestation of Protothecosis in a Boxer Dog by Emmanouil I. Papadogiannakis, Emmanouil N. Velonakis, Gregory K. Spanakos, Alexander F. Koutinas

“…Cytology and histopathology showed pyogranulomatous inflammation along with organisms containing round sporangia with spherical sporangiospores. …”
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In Vivo Exposure of Deltamethrin Dysregulates the NFAT Signalling Pathway and Induces Lung Damage by Prakriti Sharma, R. S. Sethi

“…Long-term exposure to deltamethrin results in the inflammation of the lungs. The present study elucidates the molecular mechanism underlying the deltamethrin-induced lung damage. …”
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Candidates for Bariatric Surgery: Morbidly Obese Patients with Pulmonary Dysfunction by Yu-Feng Wei, Huey-Dong Wu

“…Effective weight loss after bariatric surgery may improve cardiovascular disease risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, inflammation, chronic kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. …”
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Abdominal Wall Defects: Hydrogel based solutions in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction by Alook Kumar Ajay, Shashi Ranjan, Rajendra Singh, Shalini Kapoor Mehta

“…This paper explores the design and application of these hydrogels, highlighting their potential to improve surgical outcomes through enhanced tissue integration, reduced inflammation, and minimized postoperative complications. …”
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Repository Corticotropin Injection for Treatment of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies by Aarat Patel, Georgia Seely, Rohit Aggarwal

“…Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of systemic autoimmune diseases that involve inflammation of skeletal muscle. The two most common forms are dermatomyositis and polymyositis, the former of which entails a skin component. …”
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Low-Dose Gallic Acid Administration Does Not Improve Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders and Atherosclerosis in Apoe Knockout Mice by Jie Bai, Qiu-Yue Lin, Xiangbo An, Shuang Liu, Yao Wang, Yunpeng Xie, Jiawei Liao

“…Gallic acid (GA) is a plant-derived triphenolic chemical with multiple cardio-protective properties, such as antiobesity, anti-inflammation, and antioxidation. However, whether GA could protect against atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is still not defined. …”
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A Challenging Diagnosis of Ascites: A Case Report of Peritoneal Tuberculosis by Jose Ruiz, Maedeh Ganji, Catarina Canha, Carmen Isache

“…He underwent omental biopsy which showed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with rare acid-fast bacilli. Repeat biopsy was culture positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. …”
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Case report: Significant lesion reduction and neural structural changes following ibogaine treatments for multiple sclerosis by David Qixiang Chen, José Adalberto Inzunza Domínguez, Juan Manuel Valle Uzeta, Abhiram P. Pushparaj, Abhiram P. Pushparaj, Jonathan E. Dickinson

“…Patient A demonstrated substantial lesion shrinkage and decreased Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values, suggesting remyelination and reduced inflammation. Both patients exhibited cortical and subcortical alterations, particularly in regions associated with pain and emotional processing. …”
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Scythians in Azerbaijan: the history of one murder (archaeology and anthropology) by Kirichenko Dmitry A.

“…There are no signs of healing or inflammation. The crime weapon was a hard, blunt object, that broke and pressed the bone, after which a round-shaped dent was formed, and cracks appeared from it, which indicates the significant force of the blow, which led to the death of the woman. …”
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NF-κB signaling and the tumor microenvironment in osteosarcoma: implications for immune evasion and therapeutic resistance by Shaoyan Shi, Xuehai Ou, Chao Liu, Rui Li, Qianjin Zheng, Leiming Hu

“…It also enhances tumor cell resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy by activating anti-apoptotic signaling pathways and exacerbating treatment-induced inflammation. Potential therapeutic approaches include using NF-κB inhibitors, possibly in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors, to overcome tumor cell resistance mechanisms and reshape antitumor immune responses. …”
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Lupus Pneumonitis Therapy Masks Coronavirus (COVID-19) by S. Soloway, N. L. DePace, A. M. Soloway, J. Colombo

“…Coronavirus pneumonitis can mimic, or present as, lupus pneumonitis. Lupus may cause inflammation of the myocardium. Lupus pneumonitis high-dose steroid therapy may mask coronavirus (COVID-19). …”
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How Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Become Visible by Nicole de Buhr, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede

“…Furthermore, NETs have been shown to contribute to several noninfectious disease conditions when released by activated neutrophils during inflammation. The identification of NETs has mainly been succeeded by various microscopy techniques, for example, immunofluorescence microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Diosgenin: Recent Highlights on Pharmacology and Analytical Methodology by Mafalda Jesus, Ana P. J. Martins, Eugenia Gallardo, Samuel Silvestre

“…This bioactive phytochemical not only is used as an important starting material for the preparation of several steroidal drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, but has revealed also high potential and interest in the treatment of various types of disorders such as cancer, hypercholesterolemia, inflammation, and several types of infections. Due to its pharmacological and industrial importance, several extraction and analytical procedures have been developed and applied over the years to isolate, detect, and quantify diosgenin, not only in its natural sources and pharmaceutical compositions, but also in animal matrices for pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological studies. …”
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