The very first paragraph of the abstract of that study:
"Inflammation is a biological response of the immune system that can be triggered by a variety of factors, including pathogens, damaged cells and toxic compounds. These factors may induce acute and/or chronic inflammatory responses in the heart, pancreas, liver, kidney, lung, brain, intestinal tract and reproductive system..."
Almost exactly what I said. Inflammation is a response to the things that cause disease, not the cause itself.
From the Introduction:
"Inflammation is the
immune system's response to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, toxic compounds, or irradiation [
1], and acts by removing injurious stimuli and
initiating the healing process [
2].
Inflammation is therefore a defense mechanism that is vital to health [
3]. Usually, during acute inflammatory responses, cellular and molecular events and interactions efficiently minimize impending injury or infection. This mitigation process contributes to restoration of tissue homeostasis and resolution of the acute inflammation."
This next part is the meat of what you are talking about, but it doesn't mean what you think it means:
"However, uncontrolled acute inflammation may become chronic, contributing to a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases."
Uncontrolled acute inflammation contributes to a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases, it doesn't cause all disease. And acute inflammation doesn't just happen, it is a response to a stimuli, which would be seen as the root cause of the disease. At the cellular level, you are looking at pathogens and toxic substances (such as heavy metals) as the actual cause of the disease. The inflammation becomes chronic due to regular exposure to harmful substances, or the body's own inability to resolve the problem.
