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Macrophages in Human Tissues-Phenotypic Diversity in Health and Disease

Macrophages represent a heterogeneous family of white blood cells which are widely distributed throughout the body.

Siamon Gordon Siamon Gordon

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Adiposity Mediates the Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Middle-Aged Black South African Women

Mtintsilana, Asanda, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Elin Chorell, Tommy Olsson, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hebert Andre P. Kengne and Julia H. Goedecke...

Tommy Olsson Tommy Olsson

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Changes in systemic and subcutaneous adipose tissue inflammation and oxidative stress in response to exercise training in obese black African women

Nono Nankam, Pamela A., Amy E. Mendham, Melony F. De Smidt, Dheshnie Keswell, Tommy Olsson, Matthias Blüher and Julia H. Goedecke. 2020. Cha...

Tommy Olsson Tommy Olsson

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Plasma levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein do not correlate with inflammatory activity in carotid atherosclerotic plaques

H Grufman, I Gonçalves, A Edsfeldt, M Nitulescu, A Persson, M Nilsson and J Nilsson. 2014. Plasma levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protei...

Placeholder image Jan Nilsson

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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species – a Multi-Valued Logical Model Validated by Formal Concept Analysis

Wollbold, Johannes, Robert Jaster, Sarah Müller, Katja Rateitschak, and Olaf Wolkenhauer. 2014. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Reactive Oxygen...

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