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Human T Regulatory Cell Therapy: Take a Billion or So and Call Me in the Morning

June 8, 2009

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Immune system regulation is of paramount importance to host survival. In settings of autoimmunity and alloimmunity, control is lost, resulting in injury to vital…

Natural and Adaptive Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells: More of the Same or a Division of Labor?

June 8, 2009

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Adaptive Foxp3+CD4+ regulatory T (iTreg) cells develop outside the thymus under subimmunogenic antigen presentation, during chronic inflammation, and during normal homeostasis of the gut.…

Regulatory T Cells: Context Matters

June 8, 2009

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Regulatory T cells are important for ensuring that the immune system does not attack self and does not overreact to external antigens. Understanding how…

Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix.

June 8, 2009

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The human vermiform (“worm-like”) appendix is a 5-10cm long and 0.5-1cm wide pouch that extends from the cecum of the large bowel. The architecture…

Impaired Gastric Acidification Negatively Affects Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Mass

June 8, 2009

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Calcium deficiency in the elderly is associated with low gastric acid secretion and bone loss. A new study linking defects in gastric acid secretion…

Inhibition of Osteoblastic Bone Formation by Nuclear Factor-kappaB

June 8, 2009

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An imbalance in bone formation relative to bone resorption results in the net bone loss that occurs in osteoporosis and inflammatory bone diseases. Although…

Is the Cure for Brain Disorders Outside the Brain?

June 5, 2009

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Dr Mark Hyman presents an editorial exploring the functional medicine approach to mood disorders and presents an interesting case history. Full paper

Nattokinase for Hypertension

June 4, 2009

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The objective of this study was to examine the effects of nattokinase supplementation on blood pressure in subjects with pre-hypertension or stage 1 hypertension.…

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Human T Regulatory Cell Therapy: Take a Billion or So and Call Me in the Morning

Natural and Adaptive Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells: More of the Same or a Division of Labor?

Regulatory T Cells: Context Matters

Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix.

Impaired Gastric Acidification Negatively Affects Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Mass

Inhibition of Osteoblastic Bone Formation by Nuclear Factor-kappaB

Is the Cure for Brain Disorders Outside the Brain?

Nattokinase for Hypertension

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