Health Boards
Mon-01-11-2021, 19:00 PM
Fumarate is an important part of the energy cycle in our mitochondria, our cells. That cycle is called the citric acid cycle.
It is a sequence of chemical reactions,
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It’s in Dutch, but you see the step with Fumaarzuur in it, which is another word for fumarate.
When this step does not work correctly, there will be a residue which triggers the immune system to start producing a correcting substance, cytokines they are mentioned, and too much of these cytokines cause your psoriasis. So it seems as if the immune system works against itself.
It is a sequence of chemical reactions,
It’s in Dutch, but you see the step with Fumaarzuur in it, which is another word for fumarate.
When this step does not work correctly, there will be a residue which triggers the immune system to start producing a correcting substance, cytokines they are mentioned, and too much of these cytokines cause your psoriasis. So it seems as if the immune system works against itself.