In addition to its metabolic properties, adiponectin has substantial immunomodulatory potential; for example, it inhibits the proliferation of myelomonocytic precursors, reduces phagocytic ...

In a rheumatoid joint, a hierarchical network of cytokines controls immunological processes that promote autoimmunity, chronic inflammation and tissue destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. As ...

Background The small intestinal epithelium is highly sensitive to radiation and is a major site of injury during radiation therapy and environmental overexposure. Objective To examine probiotic ...

We next sorted from the spleen Pdpn − CD31 − CD106 + MAdCAM-1 + cells comprising MRCs and Pdpn + CD106 + stromal cells that include T cell zone fibroblastic reticular cells (TRCs) and performed ...