The inhalation of airborne pollutants, such as asbestos or silica, is linked to inflammation of the lung, fibrosis, and lung cancer. How the presence of pathogenic dust is recog...
Abstract Objective Autoantibodies have been demonstrated in single serum samples from healthy subjects up to 10 years before they developed rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, t...
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) is a cytokine with multiple roles in the immune system, including the induction and potentiation of cellular functions in neutrophils (PMNs). TNF...