Experimental models of gouty inflammation have shown that neutrophil influx in response to MSU crystals is reduced in mice deficient in inflammasome components or in the IL-1 receptor (IL1-R1 ...

Her general practitioner diagnosed gouty arthritis because of a high serum uric-acid level (600 µmol/l; normal range 270–380 µmol/l) coexistent with tophi in her hands, and initiated ...

A research team led by Christian Hertweck at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany, have identified compounds in mushrooms which they say are capable ...