Browsing by Subject "cytokines"
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(2021-12-20)Department: Cancer BiologyBreast cancer cells frequently home to the bone marrow, where they encounter signals that promote survival and quiescence or stimulate their proliferation. However, our mechanistic understanding of bone dissemination and ...
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(2015-07-15)Department: Nursing ScienceThe precise cause of cancer cachexia is unknown. It is a syndrome associated with weight loss, lipolysis, muscle wasting, anorexia, chronic nausea and asthenia. Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are particularly ...
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(2016-03-30)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologySpasmolytic polypeptide-expression metaplasia (SPEM) develops in the atrophic stomach and progresses to an intestinalized SPEM in the setting of inflammation. Different immune deficient mouse models determined that T-cells, ...
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(2005-03-24)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyThe differentiation of naive T helper (Th) cells into effector/memory subsets and their interaction with invading pathogens ultimately determines the outcome of infectious human diseases. The research detailed herein is ...
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Raf-1 kinase regulates intestinal epithelial cell survival in response to pro-inflammatory stimuli (2008-04-08)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyThe maintenance of the intestinal epithelium is dependent upon controlled regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Dysregulation of either of these processes can compromise the integrity ...
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(2015-03-25)Department: Nursing ScienceHuman milk is a biologically active fluid that provides immune protection for the developing infant. The levels of milk immune components vary among women over time post-delivery. Very little is known about the associations ...
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(2017-05-30)Department: NeuroscienceNeuroinflammation is defined as inflammation that occurs in the central nervous system (CNS) and is characterized by cytokine release and glial reactivity. Previous efforts indicate that neuroinflammation is involved in ...