News tagged with interleukin 1

Dual role for immune cells in the brain

We all have at one time or another experienced the typical signs of an infection: the fever, the listlessness, the lack of appetite. They are orchestrated by the brain in response to circulating cytokines, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein levels could signal that a child will develop diabetes

Decreasing blood levels of a protein that helps control inflammation may be a red flag that could help children avoid type 1 diabetes, researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds molecular link between insulin resistance and inflammation

An exploration of the molecular links between insulin resistance and inflammation may have revealed a novel target for diabetes treatment, say scientists at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows link between influenza virus and fever

One feature of the "new influenza" is a sudden rise in temperature. Up to now it was not exactly understood how this reaction occurs. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows benefits of hormone found in fat tissue

It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one of those ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Polymorphisms of the interleukin-1 gene complex may influence alcohol dependence

Cytokines are small proteins secreted by cells that serve as molecular messengers between cells. Pro-inflammatory cytokines - which function in the immune system - may be involved in alcohol dependence (AD). A study of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Endothelin-1 inhibitors in chronic pancreatitis

Fibrosis is a key feature of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The extensive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins fosters the development of an exocrine and endocrine organ insufficiency, and accelerates ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize

(AP) -- The nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research was awarded Friday to three immune system researchers for work that led to new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biomarkers detected for Chikungunya fever

Three specific biomarkers provide an accurate indication of the severity of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF), which is emerging as a threat in South-East Asia, the Pacific and Europe, according to research conducted in Singapore.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0