Glossary of Terms

A person, company, institution, group, or organization that oversees or pays for a clinical trial and collects and analyzes...

A part of the clinical research process that answers specific questions about whether treatments or other interventions that are...

SLEDAI stands for  Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index.  The widely used tool measures lupus activity including symptoms, lab results and...

The term ferroptosis is derived from the Greek word ptosis, meaning "a fall," and ferrum, the Latin word for...

Ligands are small molecules that transmit signals in between or within cells. They exert their effects by binding to...

The word pathology is derived from the Greek roots pathos, meaning “experience” or “suffering” and logia meaning “study of.”...

Antioxidant defenses are compounds that inhibit oxidation—oxidation that can trigger the production of free radicals. Free radical activity...

Associated with human disease, free radicals are the natural by products of chemical processes, such as metabolism. Yet, free...

Multiprotein complexes that mediate the activation of the enzyme CASPASE-1 involved in inflammation. Dysregulation of inflammasomes has also been...

Sialic acids are a family of sugar molecules that are often attached to proteins or fat molecules throughout the...

The clinical study stopped before enrolling its first participant. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov

Any of several kinds of colorless or nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate in the blood...