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  2. Multiple choice - Wikipedia

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    Multiple choice questions lend themselves to the development of objective assessment items, but without author training, questions can be subjective in nature. Because this style of test does not require a teacher to interpret answers, test-takers are graded purely on their selections, creating a lower likelihood of teacher bias in the results. [8]

  3. Inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Inflammation is a generic response, and therefore is considered a mechanism of innate immunity, whereas adaptive immunity is specific to each pathogen. [2] Inflammation is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators. The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out ...

  4. Immune-selective anti-inflammatory derivative - Wikipedia

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    One SGP-T derivative is a three amino acid sequence shown to be a potent anti-inflammatory molecule with systemic effects. This three amino acid peptide is phenylalanine-glutamine-glycine (FEG) and its D-isomeric form (feG), have become the foundation for the ImSAID category.

  5. Systemic inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Chronic systemic inflammation (SI) is the result of release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system.It can contribute to the development or progression of certain conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune and neurodegenerative ...

  6. List of inflammatory disorders - Wikipedia

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  7. Type 2 inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Type 2 inflammation is a pattern of immune response. Its physiological function is to defend the body against helminths , but a dysregulation of the type 2 inflammatory response has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several diseases.

  8. Anti-inflammatory - Wikipedia

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    Anti-inflammatory or antiphlogistic is the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling.Anti-inflammatory drugs, also called anti-inflammatories, make up about half of analgesics.

  9. Complement system - Wikipedia

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    Scheme of the complement system. The complement system, also known as complement cascade, is a part of the humoral, innate immune system and enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear microbes and damaged cells from an organism, promote inflammation, and attack the pathogen's cell membrane. [1]