Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS and the major cause of neurological disability in young adults in developed countires. MS is an autoimmune human…
Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer Europe Landscape US Patents for transgenic mice models: U.S. Patent 5,387,742 U.S. Patent No. 5,602,299 NIH Neurosciences Blueprint. Alzorum Diagnostic Tests: Quest (The calculated ratio of Beta-amyloid 40 and Beta-amyloid…
Neurological diseases
Introduction: Neurodegenerative cognitive diseases include diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Body, Parkinson's Diseases, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Cognitive neurodegeneration is a serious neurological condition that is very…
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Alexion Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) Generally HUS is classified as typical versus atypical, and most cases are assocaited with acute kidney injruy. Typical HUS is caused by Shiga toxin producing…
IgA & IgM mediated
Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) desposition in human tissues and organs is a characteristic of many human diseaes including IgA nephropathy, dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), and Henoch-Schoenlein purpura, and it is responsible for…
Kidney diseases
Links of interest: National Kidney Foundation. Web MD Companies: Rockwell Medical See also: Reperfusion injury under inflammatory diseases Types of Kidney Diseases Examples of kidney diseases include end stage renal disease, acute renal…
Ishemia reperfusion injury
Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury represent an acute inflammatory response following trauma, surgery, stroke, heart attack, or other events in which circulation is transiently blocked. I/R occurs when a blood vessel is occluded…
Intestinal diseases
The reasons why a chronic inflammatory intestinal disease arises are unclear. Crohn's disease, for example, is attributed to immunological factors, genetic factors such as polygenic transmission, nutritinal factors such as…
Rheumatoid arthritis
website of interest: American College of Rheumatology Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that ultimately leads to the destruction of joint architecture. In rheumatoid arthritis, a person's own immune…
Arthritis
See Medicine.net Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) AS is an inflammatory arthritis and enthesitis involving the spine and peripheral joints. About 350,000 pople in the US ahve AS. Traditional therapies, including disease…