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Researchers Uncover a Hidden Trigger Behind Chronic Inflammation

The findings offer new insights that could help guide the development of future therapies. A protein called human resistin may help flip on one of the immune system's most powerful inflammatory switches.

Researchers Uncover a Hidden Trigger Behind Chronic Inflammation

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The findings offer new insights that could help guide the development of future therapies.

A protein called human resistin may help flip on one of the immune system's most powerful inflammatory switches.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine found that resistin can activate a pathway involved in chronic inflammation, a process linked to conditions including cardiovascular [...]

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The findings offer new insights that could help guide the development of future therapies. A protein called human resistin may help flip on one of the immune system's most powerful inflammatory switches. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine found that resistin can activate a pathway involved in chronic inflammation, a process linked to conditions including cardiovascular [...]

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