The likely pathogenesis of acute colonic ileus involves an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system, characterized by a decrease in parasympathetic stimulation combined with a relative increase ...
The pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes ordinarily involves the development of insulin resistance associated with compensatory hyperinsulinemia, followed by progressive beta-cell impairment that ...
Cytokines regulate inflammation, autoimmunity and articular destruction in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In particular, tumour-necrosis factor (TNF) has proved to be of ...