Monthly Archives: October 2015
Systems Biology, Lipidomics, and Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis involves a gradual process of inflammation with the stiffening of the arterial wall. This inflammatory condition can be caused by many factors, including elevated cellularity, lipid accrual, cellular debris, as well as extracellular substances (De Leon et al., 2015). … Continue reading
Network Interactions, Interactomes, and Drug Discovery
Because genes and proteins are functioning in complex networks and interactions, one molecule may influence other cellular elements in a broad range. These interactions can be studied in “interactomes”, a term referring to the protein-protein interaction networks (Chautard et al., … Continue reading
Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology
Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Although many chronic diseases such as cancer are apparently physical, they can lead to psychological distress. Chronic psychosocial stress may in turn affect the physical health negatively. Studies in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) have shown that the … Continue reading
