Cytokines may be crucially involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases
(IBD), but it remains controversial whether interferon (IFN)-γ, a typical proinflammatory …

Background: Little is known about environmental determinants of autoimmune diseases.
Objectives: We studied autoimmune diseases in relation to level of exposure to …

The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is extremely complex and related to an
excessive immune response that results in the pathologically release of reactive oxygen …

Resolvins of the D series are generated from docosahexaenoic acid, which are enriched in
fish oils and are believed to exert beneficial roles on diverse inflammatory disorders …

The resolution of inflammation is an active process orchestrated by specialized proresolving
lipid mediators (SPM) that limit the host response within the affected tissue; failure of …

Oxygen is used by eukaryotic cells for metabolic transformations and energy production in
mitochondria. Under physiological conditions, there is a constant endogenous production of …

The composite human gut microbiomes of Western populations have changed over the past
century, brought on by new environmental triggers that often have a negative impact on …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.
Recently, studies of the interplay between the adaptive and innate immune responses have …

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (SBG), an herbal medicine with various biological activities,
including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, and antioxidant activities, is …

CONTEXT: The incidence and populational prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases,
hitherto unknown in Brazil, were estimated for a region in the Midwest of São Paulo State …