When a ligament or tendon is strained or torn, it triggers the beginning of an inflammation sequence. In the sequence, an influx of fluid and inflammatory cells arrive to the injured area to remove ...

Investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important inflammatory responses. Their findings open up possibilities for modulating the ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important inflammatory responses. Their findings, published in the ...

Scientists have just identified how specific immune cells can work together in fat to cause inflammation that leads to weight gain and obesity. Their work pinpoints new avenues to exploit the ...

Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have uncovered a key mechanism that protects the skin from harmful inflammation. The ...

A team led by Scripps Research scientists has uncovered key details of an immune-cell process that frequently underlies excessive inflammation in the body. The findings could lead to new ways of ...

The understanding of fat has evolved in recent decades. Once regarded as nothing more than passive storage reservoirs for fat, adipocytes are now recognized as critical players in metabolic and ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – New Cornell University research connects enjoyment of nature to a specific biological process – inflammation. The study showed that more frequent positive contact with nature was ...

Inflammation is a vital player in the metastatic process. Inflammatory molecules secreted by cells in the tumor microenvironment can foster cancer cell dissemination through affecting the infiltration ...