Tag Archives: chronic inflammation

The Bryers lab at the University of Washington Bioengineering Department invites applications from qualified candidates for new postdoctoral positions

Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism by which this occurs has remained cloaked, until now. In a paper, published in the journal Cell on September 21, ...

Airway epithelial cells have been described to release extracellular vesicles (EVs) with pathological properties when exposed to cigarette smoke extract (CSE). As CSE causes oxidative stress, researchers from Maastricht University Medical Center investigated whether its oxidative components are responsible for ...