Category Archives: Abstracts

Chronic inflammatory stress.

July 28, 2010 – 5:19 pm

<The immune and endocrine systems interact through the HPA axis.> 1: Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Dec;13(4):555-65. Chronic inflammatory stress. Harbuz MS. University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, UK. A major mechanism involved in maintaining homeostasis in response to chronic inflammation is the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in the release [...]

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Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

July 28, 2010 – 12:44 pm

<Note: The nature of wheat changed greatly with the Industrial Revolution as local varieties were replaced by standardized ones.> 1: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Jun;1051:787-98. Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune  diseases. Tlaskalová-Hogenová H, Tucková L, Stepánková R, Hudcovic T, Palová-Jelínková L, Kozáková H, Rossmann P, Sanchez D, [...]

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Aggregated alpha-synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson’s disease.

July 28, 2010 – 11:41 am

<Note: Iron triggers aggregation of alpha-synuclein.> 1. FASEB J. 2005 Apr;19(6):533-42.  Aggregated alpha-synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson’s disease. Zhang W, Wang T, Pei Z, Miller DS, Wu X, Block ML, Wilson B, Zhang W, Zhou Y, Hong JS, Zhang J.  Neuropharmacology Section, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute [...]

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