Decoding mitochondrial DNA damage and repair associated with H. pylori infection by Aashirwad Shahi, Dawit Kidane

“…Mitochondrial genomic stability is critical to prevent various human inflammatory diseases. Bacterial infection significantly increases oxidative stress, driving mitochondrial genomic instability and initiating inflammatory human disease. …”
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Effects of Anti-Cytokine Antibodies on Gut Barrier Function by Fang Liu, Seul A. Lee, Stephen M. Riordan, Li Zhang, Lixin Zhu

“…Anti-cytokine antibodies are used in treating chronic inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatic diseases. …”
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Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Mohammad E. Naffaa, Alexander P. Rozin, Netanel Horowitz, Ofer Ben-Itzhak, Yolanda Braun-Moscovici, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman

“…In a patient with systemic multiorgan disease with overlapping features, the differential diagnosis included infectious diseases, malignancies, and systemic autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We present an unusual case of a young male with B cell lymphoma who presented with symptoms mimicking systemic vasculitis and review the existing literature.…”
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Macrolides in Chronic Inflammatory Skin Disorders by Abdullateef A. Alzolibani, Khaled Zedan

“…These observations provided the rationale for many studies performed to assess the usefulness of macrolides in other inflammatory diseases including skin and hair disorders, such as rosacea, psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, alopecia areata, bullous pemphigoid, and pityriasis lichenoides. …”
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Intestinal Epithelial Cells as a Source of Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines by Andrew W Stadnyk

“…Neutrophils are a prominent feature of the cellular infiltrate in various inflammatory diseases, and early reports indicated that epithelial cells secrete neutrophil chemoattractants. …”
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The Serum IL-6 Profile and Treg/Th17 Peripheral Cell Populations in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Monika Ryba-Stanisławowska, Maria Skrzypkowska, Jolanta Myśliwska, Małgorzata Myśliwiec

“…Its elevated levels are found in a range of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. IL-6 is also involved in regulation of the balance between two T cell subsets: Tregs and Th17, which have contradictory functions in the control of inflammation. …”
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Oral Chronic Mucositis in a Known Lichen Planus Pigmentosus Patient by Dalad Pinchaleaw, Pirawish Limlawan

“…Oral manifestations of mucocutaneous inflammatory diseases such as lichenoid dermatoses often affect the patient’s quality of life through the symptoms of pain and burning sensation. …”
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Conservatively Treated Incidental Aneurysm of the Distal Left Main Coronary Artery: Detection by Coronary Angiography and Noninvasive Followup Using Coronary Computed Tomography An... by Nina P. Hofmann, Hassan Abdel-Aty, Stefan Siebert, Hugo A. Katus, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…Coronary artery aneurysms are relatively rare and commonly associated with significant coronary artery disease (CAD), inflammatory diseases (Kawasaki syndrome, infection), or iatrogenic complications. …”
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SOX9: a key transcriptional regulator in organ fibrosis by Yishuo Li, Yue Xing, Ning Liu, Bin Liu, Zhihui Wang

“…Many disorders are associated with the process of fibrosis; moreover, fibrosis is a common symptom of chronic inflammatory diseases, characterized by the accumulation of excessive components in the extracellular matrix through different signaling pathways. …”
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Post-Genomics and Skin Inflammation by Daniela Braconi, Giulia Bernardini, Annalisa Santucci

“…Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis are two chronic skin inflammatory diseases that have so far received a greater attention within the scientific community through different post-genomic approaches; on the contrary, acne, which is undoubtedly one of the most common skin disorders involving inflammatory processes, seems to be still quite neglected under the post-genomic point of view. …”
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Anti-inflammatory treatment using alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) does not alter osteoblasts differentiation and fracture healing by Johanna Graue, Melanie Timmen, Katharina Schmitz, Daniel Kronenberg, Markus Böhm, Kishor K. Sivaraj, M. Gabriele Bixel, Richard Stange

“…Abstract Background Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating-hormone (α-MSH) has been identified as a new anti-inflammatory treatment compound in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory diseases. However, its direct effect on bone cell differentiation or on bone regeneration, which is an inflammatory process, too, has not been investigated, yet. …”
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Renewed Avenues through Exercise Muscle Contractility and Inflammatory Status by Nelo Eidy Zanchi, Felipe Natali Almeida, Fábio Santos Lira, José César Rosa Neto, Humberto Nicastro, Claudia Ribeiro da Luz, Mário Alves de Siqueira Filho, Vitor Felitti, Mariz Vainzof, Marilia Seelaender, Jacques R. Poortmans, Antonio Herbert Lancha

“…This paper aims to describe specific data from the literature regarding the effects of exercise on inflammatory diseases in order to promote a more sophisticated perspective on the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise.…”
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A Network Pharmacology-Based Strategy for Unveiling the Mechanisms of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F against Diabetic Kidney Disease by Yuyang Wang, Tongtong Liu, Fang Ma, Xiaoguang Lu, Huimin Mao, Weie Zhou, Liping Yang, Ping Li, Yongli Zhan

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Impact of Nutritional Factors on Colorectal Cancer: Implication the molecular mechanisms of Vitamins Supplementation by Hossna M. Ismail, Abdel-Aziz S. Shatat

“…Bad eating habits, smoking, intestinal inflammatory diseases, polyps, aging, and genetic factors all increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and Acute Lung Injury by Rosanna Di Paola, Salvatore Cuzzocrea

“…Several studies have demonstrated that PPAR ligands possess anti-inflammatory properties and that these properties may prove helpful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the lung. This review will outline the anti-inflammatory effects of PPARs and PPAR ligands and discuss their potential therapeutic effects in animal models of inflammatory lung disease.…”
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Coexistence of Ankylosing Spondylitis, Metabolic Syndrome and Gout Disease by Erkan Kozanoğlu, Meryem Andırın

“…Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and gout are inflammatory diseases causing arthritis. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by insulin resistance accompanied by systemic disorders, such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. …”
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Cold and Hot Syndromes in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Insights from the Perspective of Immunometabolic Homeostasis by Pan Chen, Bo-Yang Wang, Peng Zhang, Shao Li

“…Multilevel mechanisms of interaction between the immune and metabolic systems may underlie many inflammatory diseases and offer substantial therapeutic promise. …”
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Intravenous Immunoglobulins: Mode of Action and Indications in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Dermatoses by Lyubomir A. Dourmishev, Dimitrina V. Guleva, Ljubka G. Miteva

“…Today their indication has expanded, including the off-label therapy for a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. In dermatology, IVIGs are administered for treatment of different disorders at different therapeutic regimens, mostly with higher doses then those administered for treatment of infectious diseases. …”
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Severe Corticosteroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension Requiring Bilateral Trabeculectomies in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis by Anna Maria Gruener, Pranev Sharma, Sally Ameen, Faisal Ahmed

“…It further emphasizes the need to raise awareness of the potential ocular side effects of steroids amongst physicians, in particular those looking after patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.…”
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The Role of Eosinophils in Liver DiseaseSummary by Linxi Xie, Hejiao Zhang, Long Xu

“…Their functional plasticity has been observed in patients with inflammatory diseases, cancer, infections, and other disorders. …”
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