Repositioning drugs for inflammatory disease - fishing for new anti-inflammatory agents

• Main Authors: Christopher J. Hall (Author), Sophie M. Wicker (Author), An-Tzu Chien (Author), Alisha Tromp (Author), Lisa M. Lawrence (Author), Xueying Sun (Author), Geoffrey W. Krissansen (Author), Kathryn E. Crosier (Author), Philip S. Crosier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammation is an important and appropriate host response to infection or injury. However, dysregulation of this response, with resulting persistent or inappropriate inflammation, underlies a broad range of pathological processes, from inflammatory dermatoses to type 2 diabetes and cancer. As such,...