Scientists turn a big, natural substance in your body called hyaluronic acid into smaller pieces using a special enzyme, and these smaller pieces seem to reduce inflammation better than the big or...

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Bioactive hyaluronic acid fragments inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses via the Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human & Animal & In Vitro

2021 Apr

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Bioactive hyaluronic acid fragments inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses via the Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway

Score: 32

DOI: 10.1007/s11684-020-0806-5

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