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Cellular immunity and inflammation in atherosclerosis
(2001-11-09)
Atherosclerosis, the major cause of death and disability in western countries, is nowadays recognized as an inflammatory disease. Low density lipoprotein (LDL), the major carrier of cholesterol in plasma, is trapped in the ...
Effects of physical training on physical performance in frail elderly people
(2007-10-12)
Aging is often accompanied by decreased muscle strength, aerobic capacity and balance, which can lead to impaired physical performance. Epidemiological data have demonstrated that low levels of physical activity are strongly ...
Depression or anxiety in adult twins is associated with asthma diagnosis but not with offspring asthma
(2017-04-24)
Background: Asthma is common in both children and adults in the Western world, just like anxiety and depression. While some research has revealed that these diseases might share important environmental and pathophysiological ...
Modulation of the HPA axis alters the sensitivity of the cochlea to acoustic trauma
(2006-10-27)
The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA axis) regulates nearly all neuroendocrine responses of the body. An active HPA axis is crucial to maintaining homeostasis. An altered reactivity of the HPA axis can affect several ...
Autism spectrum disorder beyond the extreme male brain
(2016-08-24)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an umbrella-term for neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by both impairments in communication and social interaction and unusually restricted and repetitive or stereotyped interests ...
Regulation of p53 and susceptibility to cell death in chemically-induced preneoplastic hepatocytes
(2003-11-20)
Induction of preneoplastic lesions, termed enzyme-altered foci (EAF), is considered to be an early step in the development of liver cancer. In view of the relatively homogenous properties of the majority of EAF, these ...
Aspects on chronic stress and glucose metabolism in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and in women with localized provoked vulvodynia
(2007-04-06)
Objective: To evaluate the degree of stress in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) and in women with localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) (former vulvar vestibulitis syndrome) compared with controls. To ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease : an emerging liver disease
(2011-04-20)
The aim of the study was to evaluate what NAFLD is from a molecular perspective, what influences the disease progression and what the prognosis of the disease is.
Fatty liver has earlier often been associated with ...
Demyelinating conditions regulated by ROS pathways outside and inside the brain
(2020-01-14)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the central nervous system with immune-mediated damage on myelinated nerve tracts. Accumulating evidence support a role for autoreactive T-lymphocytes orchestrating ...
Epidemiological studies of suicide in patients with psychiatric illness
(2010-10-28)
A link between suicide and psychiatric illness is well recognized. However, knowledge is limited as to what characterizes suicide in different mental disorders. The overall aim of the work described in this thesis was to ...