Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis,
has become increasingly prevalent worldwide in the past decade. The nutritional status of …

The pharmacological treatment of patients with an eating disorder (ED) often includes
medications to treat their ED, comorbid mental health problems, malnutrition and the …

There is growing interest in the role that the intestinal microbiota and the related
autoimmune processes may have in the genesis and presentation of some psychiatric …

The discovery of leptin in the 1990s led to a reconsideration of adipose tissue (AT) as not
only a fatty acid storage organ, but also a proper endocrine tissue. AT is indeed capable of …

Obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide, and it is also considered a major environmental
factor contributing to the pathogenesis of inflammatory skin diseases, including psoriasis …

Inhibitors of the IL-6 signaling pathway, such as tocilizumab, are frequently administered for
the treatment of immune diseases, eg, rheumatoid arthritis and multicentric Castleman's …

Introduction Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an often chronic and debilitating psychiatric disease
whose etiology is not completely understood. Recently, a potential role of inflammation has …

The East Asian region (China, Japan, and South Korea) is comprised of almost 1.5 billion
people and recent industrialization has brought with it a pandemic of rising obesity, even in …

Obesity and hypertension are intimately linked due to the various ways that the important
cell types such as vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), endothelial cells (EC), immune …

Childhood obesity is the public health issue with alarming rates recorded throughout
developed world and an important modifiable health risk for developing various chronic …