Fragmented or otherwise miniaturized plastic materials in the form of micro-or nanoplastics
have been of nagging environmental concern. Perturbation of organismal physiology and …

Inflammation plays a key role in diseases such as diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular
diseases and cancer. Diet can influence different stages of inflammation and can have an …

Neutrophils have been implicated as harmful cells in a variety of inappropriate inflammatory
conditions where they injure the host, leading to the death of the neutrophils and their …

Platelets are chief cells in hemostasis. Apart from their hemostatic roles, platelets are major
inflammatory effector cells that can influence both innate and adaptive immune responses …

Glucocorticoids are hormones that regulate several functions in living organisms and
synthetic glucocorticoids are the most powerful anti-inflammatory pharmacological tool that …

Cardiovascular disease and infections are major causes for the high incidence of morbidity
and mortality of patients with chronic kidney disease. Both complications are directly or …

Resident cells of the central nervous system (CNS) play an important role in detecting insults
and initiating protective or sometimes detrimental host immunity. At peripheral sites, immune …

Inflammation is a central mechanism for dealing with insults to tissue, either from pathogenic
invaders or by other damage-inducing means, such that the threat is removed, the tissue is …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality and
atherosclerosis is the common root to most of the CVD. Oxidative stress is one of the most …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive systemic disease, which changes the
function and structure of the kidneys irreversibly over months or years. The final common …