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Definition of Proinflammatory
1. Adjective. Tending to cause inflammation.
Definition of Proinflammatory
1. Adjective. (biology) Producing or promoting inflammation. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine rare) An inflammatory substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proinflammatory
Literary usage of Proinflammatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"Suppressing Inflammation Excessive stimulation of innate immunity by some
host-microorganism interactions can produce proinflammatory mediators, ..."
2. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"This alteration can have the following benefits: (1) reduction of the synthesis
of proinflammatory eicosanoids; (2) attenuation of endotoxin-induced ..."
3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Furthermore, the activation of the proinflammatory transcriptional factors nuclear
factor kappa B and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 was ..."
4. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Cytokines, interferons, chemokines, and other proinflammatory effectors induced
as part of the innate immune response to microbial invasion in turn help to ..."
5. Critical Perspectives On Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"The common mechanism seems to involve excess proinflammatory cytokines such as
... have been shown to attenuate release of these proinflammatory cytokines, ..."
6. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Second is exposure to a proinflammatory or antigenic challenge (which may include
infection) that initiates the cascade of immune reactions that ultimately ..."
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