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Secretory and anti-inflammatory actions of some gastro-intestinal hormones in salivary glands
(2009-09-17)
Textbooks generally state that the secretory activity of salivary glands is solely regulated by nerves. This view is challenged in the present Thesis, using the parotid gland of the anaesthetized rat as experimental in ...
On the importance of inflammation for personality traits and psychiatric morbidity
(2010-12-10)
Background: Pro-inflammatory mediators have been implicated in processes that could be both beneficial and toxic to cells in the brain. On the one hand balanced levels of these mediators favour e.g. neurodevelopmental ...
Regional differences in the response of neural stem cells and their microenvironment to ionizing radiation
(2009-05-14)
Radiation therapy is one of the most effective tools for treating malignant tumors; however, cranial irradiation often results in intellectual impairment and cognitive deficits, such as impaired learning and memory. Ionizing ...
Iron deficiency in female adolescent athletes - prevalence, mechanisms and diagnostics
(2014-05-26)
Background: Iron deficiency (ID) is a very common condition and the most
common nutritional deficiency in the world. ID mostly affects females, both
athletes and non-athletes. Several underlying mechanisms are identified ...
Proteoglycans, group IIA phospholipase A2, and lipoproteins.Potential involvement in atherogenesis
(2000)
Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial complex disease characterized by a focal accumulation of ApoB-100 containing lipoproteins, extracellular matrix (ECM), and cells in the arterial intima accompanied by an inflammatory ...
Chronic stress and intestinal barrier function: Implications for infection and inflammation in intensive salmon aquaculture
(2009-10-09)
Aquaculture is a fast growing food-producing sector worldwide. This has increased the awareness among the public as well as governments of the need to secure the welfare and health of farmed fish. Atlantic salmon is, in ...
Pathophysiology of intrauterine asphyxia
(2005)
Background: The premature infant is at increased risk of cerebral white matter damage, oftenreferred to as periventricular leucomalacia, PVL, which is associated with later developmentof cerebral palsy and cognitive ...
Mechanisms of Lung Injury in a Mouse Model of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(2009-11-26)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease that affects preterm infants. Increased levels of inflammatory mediators in the amniotic fluid and in the lungs of preterm infants are associated with the development ...
Studies on mechanisms of biocompatibility elicited at blood-material interfaces : effects of surface adsorbed plasma proteins, protein-cell and cell-cell interactions at biomaterial surfaces
(1997)
Biomaterials are used in the construction of medical devices intended to be in intimate contact with blood and tissues of the human body. For many of the biomaterials in direct contact with blood, the dominant mechanism ...
Resistin is a modulator of inflammation and autoimmunity
(2009-11-18)
Resistin is a protein with proinflammatory properties in man and a regulator of glucose
metabolism in mice. Human resistin activates the nuclear factor kappa-B dependent
cytokine cascade; however, its full role in ...