Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How macrophages use metabolic product to combat Q fever pathogen

Q fever can lead to pneumonia, and can attack several organs at once if it becomes chronic. Treatment with antibiotics is lengthy and only has limited success. But which factors in our immune system protect against chronic ...

Overweight & Obesity

PPARγ acetylation in macrophages impairs adipose tissue function

As a chronic pro-inflammatory disease, obesity is closely associated with the development of various diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers. Obesity is now a major concern for public health.

Medical research

Alveolar macrophages help CD8+ T cells go (anti-)viral

The human immune system is a highly complex network of cells, signals, and responses that is tightly regulated to ensure that the body can fight off infection without damaging its own tissues. Now, researchers from Japan ...

Medical research

Long COVID: New evidence for cause of fatigue syndrome

The diagnosis and treatment of long COVID syndrome (LCS) is still very difficult, and there is only little knowledge about the factors causing accompanying symptoms. Researchers at the Joint Metabolome Facility of the University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Uncovering the relationship between fatty liver disease and COVID-19

Dr. Jawaher Alharthi, from the Westmead Institute and medical research, University of Sydney, Australia, and her colleagues have discovered how COVID-19 increases the risk of fatty liver disease and how the latter is increasing ...

Immunology

Researchers explain how lipids can control immune response

When we consume fats (also called lipids) in our diet, they can be metabolized or stored to provide energy for the body. But they are also involved in regulating the genes expressed within—and the signaling between—cells. ...

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