Age-associated low-grade systemic inflammation may contribute to sarcopenia. We hypothesized that skeletal muscle mass and protein synthesis rate would be reduced in old rats exhibiting persistent low-grade inflammation compared to age-matched controls. Male 24-month-old Wistar rats exhibiting a low-grade systemic inflammation for at least one month (LGI group) were compared to non-inflamed rat...

BACKGROUND There has been increasing interest in the use of newer, culture-independent techniques to study the airway microbiome of COPD patients. We investigated the relationships between the three common potentially pathogenic microorganisms (PPMs) Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis, as detected by quantitative PCR (qPCR), and inflammation and health st...

Periodontitis is an oral chronic infection/inflammatory condition, identified as a source of mediators of inflammation into the blood circulation, which may contribute to exacerbate several diseases. There is increasing evidence that inflammation plays a key role in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although inflammation is present in both diseases, the exact mechanisms and cross...

The recognition that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have systemic manifestations and often suffer from comorbid conditions has important implications for therapy that require further research. The most likely link between COPD and extrapulmonary effects is that inflammation in the lung periphery "spills over" into the systemic circulation and effects on other org...

BACKGROUND In horses, insights into the innate immune processes in acute systemic inflammation are limited even though these processes may be highly important for future diagnostic and therapeutic advances in high-mortality disease conditions as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the expression of 31 selected blood ...

BACKGROUND In clinical states associated with systemic oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), oxidative modifications of serum albumin impair its quantification, resulting in apparent hypoalbuminemia. As the maintenance of oncotic pressure/colloid osmotic pressure (COP) is a major function of albumin, this study examined the impact of albumin oxidation on C...

BACKGROUND Low grade systemic inflammation is commonly observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). AIM To evaluate the extent of systemic inflammation in a group of ex-smokers with COPD in stable condition and its relation with pulmonary function and clinical manifestations. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 104 ex-smokers aged 69 ± 8 years (62 males) with mild to very severe CO...

There is growing evidence that systemic inflammation is involved in multiple aspects of stroke aetiology and pathology. In the present review, we provide an overview of these roles and, in particular, outline recent evidence that the underlying systemic inflammatory profile can critically alter the response to ischaemic brain injury. We also highlight the need for stroke models to more adequate...

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