Although intermittent increases in inflammation are critical for survival during physical injury
and infection, recent research has revealed that certain social, environmental and lifestyle …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors with high prevalence
among adult populations and elevated costs for public health systems worldwide. Despite …

How intestinal microbes regulate metabolic syndrome is incompletely understood. We show
that intestinal microbiota protects against development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and …

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012 in Saudi
Arabia and has caused over 2400 cases and more than 800 deaths. Epidemiological …

Objective This review proposes revisions to the current classification system for gingival
diseases and provides a rationale for how it differs from the 1999 classification system …

Innate and adaptive immune cell activation and infiltration is the key characteristic of tissue
inflammation. The innate immune system is the front line of host defense in which innate …

The gut microbiota is implicated in immune system functions. Regulation of the metabolic
processes occurring in immune cells is crucial for the maintenance of homeostasis and …

Heart-rate variability (HRV) is frequently introduced as mirroring imbalances within the
autonomous nerve system. Many investigations are based on the paradigm that increased …

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is the progressive form of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease (NAFLD), the main cause of chronic liver complications. The development of NASH …

Background Prophylactic pinning of the uninvolved side after unilateral slipped capital
femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is controversial. The alpha angle, a measurement of femoral head …