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Alpha-kinase1 promotes tubular injury and interstitial inflammation in diabetic nephropathy by canonical pyroptosis pathway

Biol. Res; 56 (), 2023
BACKGROUND: Alpha-kinase 1 (ALPK1) is a master regulator in inflammation and has been proved to promote renal fibrosis by promoting the production of IL-1β in diabetic nephropathy (DN) mice. Pyroptosis is involved in high glucose (HG)-induced tubular cells injury, characterized by activation of Gasdermi...

Elevated levels of interleukin-18 are associated with several indices of general and visceral adiposity and insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective: Our aim was to analyze levels of proinflammatory biomarker interleukin-18 (IL-18) in healthy controls and patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) focusing on its association with obesity, clinical, hormonal, and metabolic characteristics. Subjects and methods: Fifty-eight pat...

Investigation of serum vaspin, visfatin, chemerin and IL-18 levels in migraine patients

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (9), 2021
Abstract Background: Migraines are headaches caused by changes in the trigeminovascular metabolic pathway. Migraine headache attacks are associated with neurovascular inflammation, but their pathophysiological mechanisms have not been fully explained. Objective: To investigate the relationship between ...

Análise clínico-patológica e qualitativa da expressão de mediadores inflamatórios teciduais no líquen plano oral

O líquen plano oral (LPO) é uma condição imuno-inflamatória mucocutânea crônica que ainda possui etiologia e patogênese desconhecidas. Estudos mostrando a participação de citocinas no LPO, em especial, interleucinas (IL)-6, IL-17 e IL-18, são escassos, assim como a correlação das caracterís...

Papel da Interleucina 18 e da Proteína Precursora do Trombo na Doença Arterial Coronariana

Arq. bras. cardiol; 114 (4), 2020
Resumo Fundamento A insuficiência coronariana constitui a principal causa de morte no mundo, e a identificação de pacientes de maior risco para doença arterial coronariana (DAC) constitui um desafio. Objetivos Testar os biomarcadores interleucina 18 (IL-18) e proteína precursora do trombo (TpP),...

Uso de interferon para el tratamiento de pacientes con COVID-19

INTRODUCCIÓN: Al momento se tienen propuestas de tratamiento para el COVID-19, en las que se incluye el uso de interferón (Lu 2020; Li and De Clercq 2020). Dentro del espectro de los medicamentos catalogados como interferón (IFN) tenemos IFN alfa o IFN alfa pegilado, IFN alfa 2a, IFN alfa 2b, IFN beta...

Correlation of interleukin-18 gene polymorphism with the susceptibility of condyloma acuminatum in Chinese population

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Host immunogenetic setting is involved in the regulation of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and development of condyloma acuminatum (CA). We investigated the correlation of two common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (−607C/A and −137G/C) of IL-18 with the susceptibility o...

Assessing endocrine and immune parameters in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients before and after the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective The present study compares immune and endocrine parameters between HIV-infected patients who underwent the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS-P) during antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV-patients who did not undergo the syndrome (non-IRIS-P). Materials and methods Bl...