We spoke to our expert Dr Balakrishna GK, Senior Consultant - Internal Medicine, Gleneagles BGS Hospital, Kengeri, Bengaluru, who explained how TNF functions and its impact on the body.

Cite this: TNF Signaling Inhibition in the CNS: Implications for Normal Brain Function and Neurodegenerative Disease - Medscape - Oct 17, 2008.

Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy for new-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was independently associated with progressive kidney function decline but not survival, a VA cohort study found.

In fact, the only actions then associated with TNF were the tumor-necrotizing activity in animals, cytotoxic action in some tumor cell lines and the postulated function of cachectin (now known to ...