Definitions
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- adjective biology Producing or promoting
inflammation . - noun medicine, rare An inflammatory substance.
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- adjective tending to cause inflammation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of particular interest to the researchers were proteins termed proinflammatory cytokines, which are produced by the body in response to infection.
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Previous research has suggested that these fatty acids affect the production of proteins called proinflammatory cytokines, which signal biological processes during the inflammatory stage of wound healing.
Biosingularity 2008
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Previous research has suggested that these fatty acids affect the production of proteins called proinflammatory cytokines, which signal biological processes during the inflammatory stage of wound healing.
Biosingularity 2008
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Scientists suggest that lack of sleep may influence the regulation of symptom mediators such as proinflammatory cytokines (signaling molecules) and histamines that are released in response to infection.
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Scientists suggest that lack of sleep may influence the regulation of symptom mediators such as proinflammatory cytokines (signaling molecules) and histamines that are released in response to infection.
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And when proinflammatory cytokines are administered to animals, they elicit "sickness behavior": The animals become listless, lose interest in eating, grooming, socializing and sex, and show increased sensitivity to pain, changes strikingly similar to those in humans with major depression.
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Finally, bacterial products may stimulate the liver to release proinflammatory proteins that can inflame the vessel walls, as well as clotting factors that can lead to enhanced formation of blood clots in the damaged vessels.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Why Oral Health Leads to Overall Health M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Finally, bacterial products may stimulate the liver to release proinflammatory proteins that can inflame the vessel walls, as well as clotting factors that can lead to enhanced formation of blood clots in the damaged vessels.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Why Oral Health Leads to Overall Health M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Macrophages elaborate proinflammatory cytokines like Interferon g, TNFa and IL-2 in a “destroy the village in order to save it” fashion in an attempt to kill the virus.
Creeping Crud grrm 2010
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This study outlines graded production of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 in the intestinal lamina propria of children with UC.
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