Whenever our body or tissue is inflicted injury either by trauma or an infection,body reacts and the response of body to treat or overcome this injury or infection is an inflammation which a process by which body heals either immediately or over weeks or months although in some cases this inflammation can itself create some ailment or disease or an immune complex of antigen and antibdoies liberated out of this inflammation. Scientists have discovered a new metabolic process in the body that can switch off inflammation.
They found that ‘itaconate’ – a molecule derived from glucose – acts as a powerful off-switch for macrophages, which are the cells in the immune system that lie at the heart of many inflammatory diseases. “It is well known that macrophages cause inflammation, but we have just found that they can be coaxed to make a biochemical called itaconate,” said Researcher from…
