In the last blog we discussed how DAMPs activate inflammation.  DAMPs is an acronym for damage associated molecular patterns. (When tissue is injured, white blood cells infiltrate the area and trigger inflammation when the DAMPs which are pieces from the damaged tissue activate the receptors.)  The purpose of the inflammation is to clean up the […]

As we discussed in the previous blog post, disruption of the single cell intestinal barrier which separates the immune layer from the contents of the intestinal lumen is a known component to the onset of autoimmunity.  A leaky gut barrier allows highly inflammatory and immune activating bacterial particles called lipopolysaccharides (LPS) to flood into the […]