NEW YORK — Alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition, is known to be driven by immune cell infiltration and upregulated cytokines that attack hair follicles, but the importance of systemic — not just ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Systemic inflammation mediated 17% of the association between psoriasis severity and subclinical atherosclerosis ...

Systemic inflammation has been elevated to a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor requiring assessment, monitoring, and modification, based on consensus recommendations.

In a recent study published in Frontiers in Medicine, a group of researchers investigated whether the combination of chronic inflammation and poverty synergistically increases the 15-year risk of ...

New research uncovers how heavy smoking rapidly disrupts blood and airway biology, revealing the hidden damage that accelerates disease risk in otherwise healthy adults. Study: The effects of heavy ...

Cytokines are regulatory proteins involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, inflammation, and hematopoiesis. An excessive immune response triggered by external viruses can lead to a severe ...

Recent research indicates that consuming high levels of dietary salt for an extended period may disrupt the delicate balance ...

For women with breast cancer, stressors are associated with deleterious alterations to the systemic and tumor immune environment, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in JAMA Network Open.

Pregnancy is, biologically speaking, a state of controlled upheaval. The immune system recalibrates. Blood volume surges. And ...