Inflammation Protocols

In Vitro Systems for Studying Aspects of the Inflammatory Response and Testing Antiinflammatory Drugs.- Key Stages in the Acute Inflammatory Response and Their Relevance as Therapeutic Targets.- I?B Kinase and NF-?B Signaling in Response to Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines.- Screening for Inhibitors of Transcription Factors Using Luciferase Reporter Gene Expression in Transfected Cells.- Adhesion Molecule Expression on Cytokine-Stimulated Human Endothelial Cells.- Phagocytosis by Inflammatory Phagocytes.- Cytosolic Ca2+ Measurement and Imaging in Inflammatory Cells.- Detection and Visualization of Oxidase Activity in Phagocytes.- Measurement of Complement Activation.- Measurement of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activities in the Medium of Cultured Synoviocytes Using Zymography.- Measurement of Aggrecanase-Generated Interglobular Domain Catabolites in the Medium and Extracts of Cartilage Explants Using Western Blot Analysis.- In Vitro Model of Human Articular Cartilage Degradation.- In Vivo Models of Inflammation.- In Vivo Models of Inflammation.- Carrageenan-Induced Paw Edema in the Rat and Mouse.- Pleural Models of Inflammation.- Models of Acute Inflammation in the Ear.- Migration of Specific Leukocyte Subsets in Response to Cytokine or Chemokine Application In Vivo.- Inflammatory Joint Disease.- The Assessment of Inflammation, Cartilage Matrix, and Bone Loss in Experimental Monoarticular Arthritis of the Rat.- Collagen-Induced Arthritis.- Air-Pouch Models of Inflammation and Modifications for the Study of Granuloma-Mediated Cartilage Degradation.- Quantitative Analysis of Angiogenesis Using the Murine Chronic Granulomatous Air Pouch.- Models of Coronary Artery Occlusion and Reperfusion for the Discovery of Novel Antiischemic and Antiinflammatory Drugs for the Heart.-Assessment of Anticolitic Drugs in the Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid (TNBS) Rat Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- An In Vivo Model of Ischemia/Reperfusion and Inflammation of the Kidneys of the Rat.- In Vivo Models of Inflammation.- Wound Healing.- Pharmacodynamic Endpoints in Experimental Models and In Clinical Studies in Humans.- An Iconoclastic Approach to Pharmacodynamics in Model Systems: Their Relevance to Humans.- A Reply to “An Iconoclastic Approach to Pharmacodynamics in Model Systems: Their Relevance to Humans“.- Quantifying Inflammation In Vivo Using Radiolabeled Antibodies and Leukocytes.- Immunoperoxidase Histochemistry for the Detection of Cellular Adhesion Molecule, Cytokine, and Chemokine Expression in the Arthritic Synovium.- Roles of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide in Inflammation.- Analysis of Nitrite and Nitrate in the Study of Inflammation.- In Vivo Assays for COX-2.- Measurement of 8-epi-PGF2? as a Marker of Lipid Peroxidation In Vivo by Immunoaffinity Extraction and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.- Laboratory Assessment of the Acute Phase Response.- Assays of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and MMP Inhibitors.