As many as 20 % of people who develop sepsis will die, not from the infection itself — but from the overload of
inflammatory chemical signals created by the immune system which ultimately leads to organ failure.
Not exact matches
The study, to be published early online Feb. 9, points to two
chemical signals — interleukin 15 and retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A — as triggers for the
inflammatory response to gluten, a protein found in many grains that causes celiac disease.
And while omega - 3 essential fatty acids
signal the
chemical messengers that turn off the
inflammatory process, the average person consumes 10 to 15 times more omega - 6s than omega - 3s.
Lycopene can apparently inhibit both
inflammatory chemicals and
inflammatory signalling, possibly by inhibiting the
inflammatory master molecule NF - KappaB.
Chronic inflammation occurs when your body receives on - going stress
signals that activate the immune system to continue producing
inflammatory chemicals.