Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Inflammation

Inflammation is the coordinated response of vascularized tissue to harmful stimuli such as infection, injury, or irritants, mobilizing immune cells, vascular changes, and soluble mediators to eliminate the insult and initiate repair. Acute inflammation is protective and self-limiting, marked by the cardinal signs of…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 229× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Inflammation is the coordinated response of vascularized tissue to harmful stimuli such as infection, injury, or irritants, mobilizing immune cells, vascular changes, and soluble mediators to eliminate the insult and initiate repair. Acute inflammation is protective and self-limiting, marked by the cardinal signs of redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function, and orchestrated by cytokines, eicosanoids, and the recruitment of leukocytes. When inflammation fails to resolve, low-grade chronic inflammation persists and contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative and autoimmune conditions. Diet is an important modulator of inflammatory tone, through fatty-acid composition, antioxidant and polyphenol intake, and the gut microbiota. Peer-reviewed research in this area examines the effect of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on adipose-tissue inflammation in obese postmenopausal women, anti-inflammatory activities of probiotic bacteria in fermented foods, the role of the microbiota in diet and health, the health-promoting and preservative properties of plant extracts such as oregano and rosemary, and inflammatory processes in clinical and animal contexts. Studies combine clinical trials, biomarker analysis, in vitro and animal models, and review. This work connects dietary and microbial factors to the regulation of inflammation and chronic disease. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research in nutrition addressing inflammation and diet-related health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 229 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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