Chronic gastrointestinal inflammation is one of the most common types of inflammatory process which affects humans. It is diverse in aetiology, pathogenesis and manifestation. There are also features of chronic inflammation at different sites within the gastrointestinal tract which provide a common thread in terms of the approaches which may be used in investigating these intriguing processes. ...

Background: Hemodialysis patients are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease. Higher than expected cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in this population has been attributed to dislipidemia as well as inflammation. The causes of inflammation in hemodialysis patients are multifactorial. Several markers were used for the detection of inflammatory reaction in patients with chronic renal dise...

background and aims. periodontal disease is common among adults and is a potential source of chronic inflammation. recent data have suggested an important role for chronic inflammation in the development of coronary heart disease (chd). the purpose of this study was to address cardiologists’ knowledge regarding the effects of periodontal diseases on coronary heart system. materials and methods....

Pistacia vera L., a member of Anacardiaceae family, has been used for sedation and analgesia in traditional medicine. In this study, the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects as well as acute toxicity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of P. vera leaves were investigated in mice. The antinociceptive activity was studied using hot plate and writhing tests. The effect of the extracts a...

BACKGROUND The non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis Clinical Research Network has recently shown that portal chronic inflammation is associated with liver fibrosis in American children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. AIM We tested whether the portal chronic inflammation-fibrosis association was present in a series of Italian children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. METHODS We re-a...

pistacia vera l., a member of anacardiaceae family, has been used for sedation and analgesia in traditional medicine. in this study, the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects as well as acute toxicity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of p. vera leaves were investigated in mice. the antinociceptive activity was studied using hot plate and writhing tests. the effect of the extracts a...