Neutrophil-dominated inflammation plays an important role in many airway diseases
including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiolitis and cystic …

Natural honey has been used in traditional medicine of different cultures throughout the
world. This study looked into the extraction of Malaysian honey and the evaluation of the anti …

Purpose The pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by joint degeneration. The
pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1β plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of OA by …

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint complaint resulting in pain,
disability, and loss of quality of life. On the other hand, ginsenoside-Rb1 is a plant product …

Glucocorticoids provide an adipogenic stimulus that is most obvious in the truncal obesity of
patients with Cushing's syndrome. Glucocorticoid treatment also strongly potentiates the …

Objective: Determine the molecular mechanism (s) behind tumor necrosis factor-alpha
(TNFα)–induced loss of auditory hair cells and the ability of dexamethasone base (DXMb) to …

Cells can respond to damage and stress by activating various repair and survival pathways.
One of these responses can be induced by preconditioning the cells with sublethal stress to …

BACKGROUND: Glucocorticoids have been shown to inhibit human neutrophil apoptosis,
with implications that this might help accentuate neutrophilic inflammation. OBJECTIVE: The …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) enhances periodontal tissue regeneration. Tissue
regeneration is characterized by inflammation that directs the quality of tissue repair. In this …

Hormesis is the process whereby exposure to a low dose of a chemical agent induces an
adaptive effect on the cell or organism. This response evokes the expression of …