Inflammation in health and disease: a balancing act (information about the 16th World Congress on Inflammation (WCI2024)).

The following provides a summary of the 16th World Congress on Inflammation (WCI 2024), which took place in Québec City (Canada) from July 21 to 24, 2024. At the meeting, researchers from around the world presented their latest findings which transcended fundamental and clinical science in the field of inflammation. Participants shared original work which covered a multitude of topics and discussed practical aspects of their research including the application of new diagnostic strategies and medical therapeutic technologies.

Correlation of Serum Endocan Level With Apoptosis Indicators and Severity of Atherosclerotic Lesions of Coronary Arteries in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease.

Aim    To study the relationship of blood serum concentration of endocan with indexes of apoptosis and clinical and instrumental characteristics of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD).Material and methods    The study included 176 subjects (105 men and 71 women). 150 of them were diagnosed with IHD and 26 were healthy volunteers.

K+ influx by Kup in Escherichia coli is accompanied by a decrease in H+ efflux.

Escherichia coli accumulates K+ by means of multiple uptake systems of which Kup is the major transport system at acidic pH. In cells grown under fermentative conditions at pH 5.5, K+ influx by a wild-type strain upon hyper-osmotic stress at pH 5.

Regulation of intracellular pH and proton-potassium exchange in fermenting Escherichia coli grown anaerobically in alkaline medium.

Fermenting Escherichia coli wild type cells, grown anaerobically at alkaline pH (pH 8.3-8.6), upon transfer into the medium at pH 7.