Wound Repair Regen. 2004 Mar-Apr;12(2):235-43. Influence of topical administration of n-3 and n-6 essential and n-9 nonessential fatty acids on the healing of cutaneous wounds. Cardoso CR, Souza MA, Ferro EA, Favoreto S Jr, Pena JD. Injury triggers a series of physiological events at the wound site. These include an inflammatory response that is established [...]
Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2007;49(3-4):5-12. Rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid abnormalities. Staykova ND. Relationships between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the thyroid gland have been studied extensively for a long time. The studies of this problem have focused mainly on: (a) the functional and immune thyroid gland abnormalities in patients with previous history of RA, and (b) joint [...]
Also see: “Normal” TSH: Marker for Increased Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease Thyroid Insufficiency. Is Thyroxine the Only Valuable Drug? High T4 Concentrations in the Brain – Suppression of Brain Metabolism Assessment of the Thyroid: Achilles Tendon Reflex TSH has direct actions on many cell types other than the thyroid, and probably contributes directly [...]
Alcohol and Alcoholism (2000) 35 (5): 417-423. THE EFFECTS OF MODERATE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON FEMALE HORMONE LEVELS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION Studies that have investigated the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on the level of oestrogens and progesterone in both pre- and post-menopausal women are reviewed. It is concluded that several lines of evidence point to [...]
Also see – Carrageenan, Inflammation, Cancer, Immunity Jpn J Pharmacol. 1979 Aug;29(4):509-14. Anti-inflammatory action of progesterone on carrageenin-induced inflammation in rats. Nakagawa H, Min KR, Nanjo K, Tsurufuji S. Effect of progesterone (1 mg/kg) on the inflammation in rats induced by carrageenin was studied. Progesterone inhibited the vascular permeability and the formation of granulation tissue [...]
Pathol Biol (Paris). 1979 Dec;27(10):615-26. [Biological and pharmacological effects of carrageenan (author's transl)]. [Article in French] Roch-Arveiller M, Giroud JP. Carrageenan is sulfated polysaccharide which has been extensively used as emulsifier and thickening agent in the food industry, for its ability to induce acute inflammation in pharmacology and for its selectively toxic effect for macrophages [...]
THE PHENOMENON OF PERSORPTION: PERSORPTION, DISSEMINATION, AND ELIMINATION OF MICROPARTICLES by Prof. GERHARD VOLKHEIMER
Protection by aspirin of indomethacin-induced small intestinal damage in rats: mediation by salicylic acid. Takeuchi K, Hase S, Mizoguchi H, Komoike Y, Tanaka A. Source Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan. takeuchi@mb.kyoto-u.ac.jp Abstract Most of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) except aspirin (ASA) produce intestinal damage in rats. [...]
Protection by aspirin of indomethacin-induced small intestinal damage in rats: mediation by salicylic acid. Takeuchi K, Hase S, Mizoguchi H, Komoike Y, Tanaka A. Source Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan. takeuchi@mb.kyoto-u.ac.jp Abstract Most of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) except aspirin (ASA) produce intestinal damage in rats. [...]
