In the present study, methanol extracts of Costus speciosus Koen. aerial parts were assessed for antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities in experimental animals. The antiinflammatory activity of methanol extract of Costus speciosus (400 and 800 mg/kg, p.o.) was evaluated using carrageenan-induced paw oedema test. Analgesic effect was evaluated using acetic acid-induced writhing a...

Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of heart attack and stroke, appears to be an inflammatory disease driven by retention of modified lipoproteins in the artery wall.1 Markers of inflammation, such as high sensitivity C-reactive protein, are independent predictors of cardiovascular (CV) events.2 If atherosclerosis truly is an inflammatory disease, then shouldn’t we be able to identify antiinf...

Infection and increased systemic inflammation cause organ dysfunction death in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Preclinical studies provide support for an antiinflammatory role of albumin, but confirmatory large-scale clinical trials are lacking. Whether targeting a serum albumin level 30 g per liter or greater these repeated daily infusions 20% human solution, as compared standard care, ...

Macrophages (MPs) are important for skeletal muscle regeneration in vivo and may exert beneficial effects on myogenic cell growth through mitogenic and antiapoptotic activities in vitro. However, MPs are highly versatile and may exert various, and even opposite, functions depending on their activation state. We studied monocyte (MO)/MP phenotypes and functions during skeletal muscle repair. Sel...

Statins are inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase used in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In addition to their cholesterol-lowering activities, statins exert pleiotropic antiinflammatory effects, which might contribute to their beneficial effects not only on CVD but also on lipid-unrelated immune and inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid art...

progression of HF.10 Vagus stimulation reverses ventricular remodeling of the failing heart. Increasing parasympathetic activity stimulates endothelial nitric oxide generation. Right vagus stimulation in patients with advanced HF is feasible and safe and the consequent increased vagal tone improves the symptoms of HF and significantly increases the left ventricular ejection fraction. Acetylchol...

Given the prevalence and debilitating nature of chronic inflammatory diseases, there is a never-ending quest to identify novel targets for the rational development of antiinflammatory drugs. The major signaling pathway that controls inflammation-associated gene expression is the one which leads to activation of transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB. Therefore, inhibitors of the kinase resp...