Browsing by Subject "Cytokine"

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The immuno-metabolomics profile of cells presenting differential CCR5 phenotypes

Rautenbach, Anandi (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)

Background Chemokines are small molecules that form part of the cytokine family and direct the response of cells to chemical stimuli and thus serve as chemotactic factors. Cysteine-cysteine (C-C) chemokine receptor 5 ...
Inflammation and salt in young adults: the African-PREDICT study

Crouch, Simone H.; Shani, Botha-Le Roux; Schutte, Aletta E.; Delles, Christian; Graham, Lesley A. (Springer, 2020)

Purpose Low-grade inflammation and a diet high in salt are both established risk factors for cardiovascular disease. High potassium (K+) intake was found to counter increase in blood pressure due to high salt intake and ...
An investigation into the potential neurobiological constructs and long-term biobehavioural effects of perinatal combined antiretroviral therapy (cART)-exposure in the deer mouse

Stroebel, Jo-Anne (North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)

South Africa has one of the largest combination antiretroviral treatment (cART1) programs in the world with an estimated 7.52 million individuals that were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV2) by the end of 2018. ...