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Potential Antiviral Agents for SARS and Various Coronaviruses

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Pharm Tao

Indomethacin for Various Coronaviruses (From Potential Antiviral Agents for Coronaviruses: Compounds, Herbal Products, and Drug Targets) Cyclopentenone cyclooxygenase (COX) metabolites have been found to be useful targets against RNA viruses (Amici et al., 2006). The COX inhibitor indomethacin (INDO) may … Continue reading →

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Psychoneuroimmunology and Nutrition Books

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Healing Stress and Chronic Diseases: Mind-Body Methods and Mechanisms (Psychoneuroimmunology) Vitamins and Weight Loss: How Vitamins Affect Fat Burning Exercises, Bariatric Surgery, and Obesity Related Diseases Natural Antioxidants and Weight … Continue reading →

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Anxiety, Inflammation, and Patient Groups

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Similar to depression, anxiety disorders have also been related to metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Does inflammation provide the connection between anxiety and these physical disorders? What are the possible relationships … Continue reading →

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Depression in Older People

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Chronic depression and dementia are often seen together in older people. Why do these happen? What are the mechanisms? Studies have found that chronic stress may lead to the alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, as well as serotonergic and … Continue reading →

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Depression and Skin Disorders

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Depressive disorders are often seen together with skin disorders. The rate of the comorbidity of depression and dermatologic diseases is about 30% (Filaković et al., 2009). The disorders in psychodermatology have been classified into three categories (Filaković et al., 2009). … Continue reading →

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Anxiety Disorders and Psychoneuroimmunology

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology The discoveries in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) need to be translated into clinical care and better quality of life for patients. Such translational efforts are especially meaningful for the treatment of neuropsychiatric … Continue reading →

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Resilience, Adversity, Gene Expression, and Wellbeing

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Chronic social adversity may lead to a “conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA)” with higher levels of pro-inflammatory genes and lower levels of antiviral- and antibody-related genes. Certain psychological resilience factors have been found to alleviate CTRA (Cole et al., … Continue reading →

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Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Psychiatric Disorders among Children and Adolescents

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Inflammation, immune dysfunctions, and abnormal cytokine levels have been closely related to psychiatric disorders among adult patients in recent studies in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). How about the associations between cytokine concentrations and psychosocial stress in children and adolescents (C&A)? A recent … Continue reading →

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Anxiety, Depression, and Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (SAR)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Increasing evidences have indicated the strong connections between seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) and psychological conditions, especially anxiety and depression. A recent study done in Germany explored the roles of anxiety and depression in the patients with SAR (Trikojat et al. … Continue reading →

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The Interactions between Natural Killer Cells and Monocytes in Anti-Cancer Therapies

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Human natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes, and dendritic cells are important components of the innate immune functions with instant protections against cancer cells and infections. Monocytes are large white blood cells (also called leukocytes). They can become macrophages and obtain … Continue reading →

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Inflammation and Diseases

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Inflammation is an immune response of the body to protect from irritants, stimuli, or external materials that may be detrimental. Inflammatory signs: Redness Swelling Heat Pain Immune surveillance: The immune system can monitor, find, and remove the useless or damaging … Continue reading →

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Psychoneuroimmunology Database

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Pharm Tao

The Database of Psychoneuroimmunology (DPNI) The Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) Portal and Knowledge Base Potential Biomarkers for Anxiety The Database of Biomarkers: Depression Mind-Body Medicine About Meditation: The Portal and Knowledge Base The Nervous System Neuroinformatics The Database of Cytokines Chronobiology The … Continue reading →

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The Database of Biomarkers: Depression: Adiponectin

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Pharm Tao

The potential biomarkers of depression: Adiponectin Associated diseases: Chronic hepatitis C Population group: Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections Background: Major depression (MD) is often observed among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. These patients treated with interferon … Continue reading →

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Biomarkers for Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is an aggressive type of breast cancers (BC). Currently only a few specific genetic biomarkers or signatures have been identified for the disease. However, these genetic signatures are not very representative (Remo et al. 2015). More … Continue reading →

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Biomarkers of Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (SAR)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) is not just a commonly seen health problem in certain seasons. It is also a risk factor that can lead to asthma among many people. Nasal allergies can promote bone-marrow eosinophil generation through cytokines such as … Continue reading →

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Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Pharm Tao

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 →

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The Database of Biological Rhythms (DBBR)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Pharm Tao

The Database of Biological Rhythms (DBBR) The Chronobiology Portal: Chronobiology, Chronotherapy, Circadian Rhythms, and More Journals about Biological Rhythms and Chronobiology   Biological Rhythm Research Chronobiology International Journal of Biological Rhythms Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug Delivery Journal of Circadian … Continue reading →

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Mind-Body Medicine and the Immune Functions

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Techniques in mind-body medicine such as meditation have many psychological and physiological benefits. They are especially helpful for health maintenance and promotion. However, it is still not very clear how these mind-body methods may affect the immune system. A recent … Continue reading →

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Psychoneuroimmunology, Stress Responses, and Chronic Inflammation

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Pharm Tao

The interactions between the nervous and immune systems have been associated with psychosocial stress, peripheral inflammation, and chronic diseases (Liezmann et al., 2012; Peters et al., 2012). The concept of “inflammaging” refers to the premature aging with a pro-inflammatory condition … Continue reading →

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PPARs, Psychoneuroimmunology, and Potential Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) are a group of transcription factors that play important roles in glucose homeostasis, fatty acid and lipoprotein metabolism, and immune responses (Rolland et al., 2013). They are involved in the regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation, … Continue reading →

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The C-reactive Protein, Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Inflammation

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Psychological stress has been associated with elevated inflammation and the risks of many physical illnesses such as heart disease. However, individual coping strategies may affect stress responses and inflammatory processes, leading to different health results in different people.  For example, … Continue reading →

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Psychoneuroimmunology of Schizophrenia and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Studies in the psychoneuroimmunology of schizophrenia have revealed not only the neurological and cognitive alterations, but also the continuous systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation associated with microglia activation in the disease (Debnath and Venkatasubramanian, 2013). Activated peripheral and central inflammatory responses … Continue reading →

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Meditation for Stress Reduction and Healing Diseases

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Pharm Tao

Although stress response is an adaptive reaction, long-term and chronic stress is harmful to health. Different people may have different symptoms and signs caused by stress. Adrenal glands are usually involved in stress responses and generate hormones including adrenaline and … Continue reading →

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