Inflammation is the immune system’s response against infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. When inflammation occurs, cytokines from the body's white blood cells are released into the blood or affected tissues to protect the body from insult. Elevated levels of cytokine expression have been associated with a variety of diseases including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease, and others. Understanding the immune system and the way in which proposed therapies modulate the immune response pathways provides important information that greatly affects human health and the drug discovery process.

 

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