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In Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), inflammation is a prerequisite for healing but it can paradoxically extend tissue injury; hence it needs to be modulated. Here, we investigated the role of the pro resolving GPCR FPR2/ALX and its agonist Annexin A1 (AnxA1) in AMI using mice …

The incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the UAE is one of the highest world-wide. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) characterized by central obesity, high blood pressure and dyslipidemias predisposes for the development of DM. The presence of MetS was assessed in a population of …

Serum amyloid a (SAA) is a family of small proteins 12 kDa (104-114 aa) associated in serum with High Density Lipoproteins (HDL 3), highly conserved in vertebrates. During states of inflammation its in-vivo concentration, often, rises as much as 1000-fold above normal level (up …