... (EPA) tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) visfatin Visfatin/Nampt/PBEF (pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor) is a newly discovered adipokine, which is mainly produced by visceral AT (adipose tissue) in both humans and rodents [ 1 ]. Conflicting results have been found regarding the role played...

... of persistent AF (usually >1 year) in which cardioversion is not attempted or is unsuccessful, with AF being accepted as the long-term rhythm for that person. atrial fibrillation interleukin-6 (IL-6) stroke tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) von Willebrand factor (vWF) Hypercholesterolaemia...

... P. Pedersen A. N. Schroll M. Pedersen B. K. Ageing, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and atherosclerosis Clin. Exp. Immunol. 2000 121 255 260 76 Belmin J. Bernard C. Corman B. Merval R. Esposito B. Tedgui A. Increased production of tumor necrosis...

... necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) Several case reports and a few case series on the use of infliximab for therapy-resistant sarcoidosis have been published and are summarized in Table 1 . Correspondence: Dr An S. De Vriese (email an.devriese@azbrugge.be ). 25 4 2006 13 7 2006...

... dysfunction inflammation interleukin-6 resistin tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) Type II diabetes Patients with T2DM (Type II diabetes mellitus) have a worse prognosis following an MI (myocardial infarction) than patients without T2DM suffering from an MI, which could be partly explained...

... of relevant prospective studies [ 1 ]. atherothrombosis coronary heart disease endothelial function inflammation tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) Although therefore of no current proven clinical relevance, inflammatory markers are of considerable...

... disease endothelial function fibrinolysis inflammation tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) vasodilation The aims of the present study were, in patients with stable CHD, to confirm the previous association between plasma CRP and t-PA concentrations and to determine the effect of acute local...

...Colleen T. Bruce; Paul S. Thomas Correspondence: Dr Paul S. Thomas (email paul.thomas@unsw.edu.au ). 21 9 2005 14 10 2005 14 10 2005 The Biochemical Society 2006 asthma cytokine etanercept inflammation tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) We read the review...

... factor-α (TNF-α) TNF-α converting enzyme Clinical Science (2003) 105, 39 44 (Printed in Great Britain) 39 Increased mRNA expression of tumour necrosis factor- and its converting enzyme in circulating leucocytes of patients with acute myocardial infarction Tomonari AKATSU, Motoyuki NAKAMURA, Mamoru...