Sentences with phrase «gland cells produce»

Gland cells produce the secretions that constitute many common types of bodily fluid, including semen, mucus, and saliva.

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Chemically produced enhancer of hGH (a substance made by the pituitary gland for growth and cell repair) used by those seeking to build strength

The mammary glands and milk - producing cells also help regulate how much of what you eat and drink actually reaches your baby through your milk.

These growth modulators are produced either by the epithelial cells of the mammary gland or by activated macrophages, lymphocytes (mainly T cells), or neutrophils in the milk.

Those cells affect skin color, ear cartilage, facial bone formation, and the adrenal glands, which produce stress hormones and testosterone — all of which differ in domesticated and undomesticated animals.

When grafted onto bald mice, the cells produced not only furry tufts but stretches of skin complete with the oil - producing glands that help keep it supple as well.

The blood level of PSA, a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland, is often elevated in men with prostate cancer.

Studies in mice suggest that the technique eliminates cells in the thymus (the gland that produces immune cells known as T cells) that otherwise cause the organ - rejecting immune response.

After a first pregnancy, milk - producing mammary glands remain in a state of preparedness, ready to quickly spring into action and feed subsequent babies, Camila dos Santos of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York and colleagues write May 19 in Cell Reports.

Further tests suggested that epithelial cell progenitors helped by restoring the connection between cells called myoepithelial contractile cells and the lacrimal gland's secretory cells, which produce tears.

After isolating a mammary stem cell from mouse breast tissue, molecular biologist Jane Visvader and oncologist Geoffrey Lindeman of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, managed to grow a functional breast, complete with milk - producing glands and ducts.

As development proceeds, neural crest cells break away, migrating from head to toe to form tissues involved in pigmentation, muscles, teeth, bone, cartilage, and adrenal glands, which produce stress hormones as well as testosterone.

Starting from a single stem cell, scientists have now produced a functional prostate gland.

He had to have his pancreas removed, and instead of throwing his gland away, we took it back to the lab and got maybe 50,000 to 100,000 of these insulin - producing cells.

Riordan analyzed cells from the salty sweat glands of CF patients, proving that the mutant gene was active and producing a defective protein.

Those hormones may subsequently enter the maternal bloodstream and affect milk - producing cells in the mammary gland, the researchers said in a Jan. 22 statement.

Chief among them was the finding that in all placental mammals FOXP3 acts through a snippet of DNA called the CNS1 enhancer to trigger the formation of a cohort of Tregs designated «peripheral» (whereas most Tregs are produced in the thymus gland, which sits between the lungs, a subset of the cells act as sentinels suppressing runaway immune responses in the body's peripheral tissues).

Cortisol, a hormone, and one of the main stress response chemicals produced by the adrenal glands — the other is adrenaline — is responsible for maintaining the health of and proper communication between every cell in your body.

Special cells and glands found in the thin lining (called the mucosa or mucous membrane) of body cavities and passageways leading out of the body regularly produce the slippery stuff.

As we age, this gland becomes smaller and smaller, making it increasingly more difficult to produce T - cells.

If you experience constant stress on a day - to - day basis, your oil glands will work harder as the tiny receptors on these cells are stimulated to produce more oil.

Environmental pollutants, such as commonly used insecticides and chemicals in plastics, can impair pituitary gland function, resulting in dysfunction of testosterone - producing cells in the testicles of men and alterations in the reproductive cycles of women.

Hormones are the regulatory biochemicals produced by our endocrine glands, whose job is to coordinate the behavior of our cells, controlling everything from appetite to the choices we make in dangerous situations.

Cortisol, one of the main stress response chemicals produced by the adrenal glands is responsible for maintaining the health of and proper communication between every cell in your body.

HGH is biologically identical in structure to somatotropin, a polypeptide protein produced in the anterior portion of the pituitary gland by cells known as somatotrophs.

Glucose increases the turnover of dead skin cells and insulin stimulates your sebaceous glands to produce more sebum (oil).

«While this is happening [degeneration of the thymus gland], the B cells, which normally are under the control of the thymus cells, are not killed by estrogen, and actually seem to be stimulated by estrogen to produce certain types of antibodies, but they are more likely to produce autoimmune antibodies.»

Your thyroid is the small, butterfly - shaped gland, located in the neck, that produces hormones that deliver oxygen and energy to your cells, tissues, organs, and glands throughout the body.

HGH is a hormone produced by the Somatotroph cells in the anterior part of the pituitary gland.

In the case of estrogen, it's produced primarily in women's ovaries (the adrenal glands and fat cells also produce small amounts), and it affects the body in many ways, including:

Now, your thyroid gland though produces it in the form of T4 and that T4 has to be directed — it flows through the blood stream to the cell or to the liver and it's converted to T3 and then again that T3, that's where the action is.

It is commonly understood that melatonin is produced by the pineal gland in the brain, however, new research shows that we have up to 400x more melatonin in our guts and that bacteria in the gut are communicating with the cells that produce sleep related hormones.

However, there is an important difference between these two diseases with regards to the role and influence of the immune system: In Hashimoto's leukocytes, instead of protecting the gland, strangely treat thyroid cells as if they were some dangerous invaders and destroy thyroid cells making them unable to produce enough hormones.

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is produced exclusively by cells of the prostate gland.

Produced in glands and organs of the body and activated in cell receptor sites.

The adrenal glands, two glands that sit on top of each kidney and the Leydig cells in the testes of men and the ovaries in women produce testosterone when signaled by the brain.

After the thyroid gland produces thyroid hormones it is bonded by TBG proteins and carried to the cells where it's needed.

To break that down: Your sebaceous gland produces oil that lubricates and protects skin as well as removes old, dead cells as part of your skin's regenerative cycle.

Testosterone helps signal the pituitary gland to produce growth hormone which then supplies the liver with the stimulus to secrete insulin growth factor 1 which works with GH to stimulate the production of new cells needed by the bones.

Thymulin is a hormone produced by the thymus gland that is very important for the proliferation, development and differentiation of T - helper cells.

Human growth hormone is naturally produced in the pituitary gland and plays a vital role in cell regeneration, growth, and maintaining healthy human tissue, including that of the brain and various vital organs.

The healthy cells and tissue are slowly destroyed and the gland is not able to produce enough thyroid hormones to maintain the body's metabolism.

Lymphocytes are your immune system's disease - fighting cells and are produced and stored mainly in your lymphatic tissue17 (thymus gland, spleen, and lymph nodes).

This, in turn, can cause your sebaceous glands to overcompensate by producing excess oil that can combine with dead skin cells and bacteria on the skin's surface, clog your pores, and cause additional breakouts.

When overactive oil glands produce too much oil, it can mix with dead skin cells, dirt, and debris on the skin's surface and plug pores.

The prostate gland produces a glycoprotein by the cells of the ductal epithelium of the prostate, and is present in the blood serum of all males.

High estrogen levels in an intact female that stays in heat or in a ferret with adrenal gland disease can cause the bone marrow to stop producing red blood cells and cause a moderate to severe anemia.

Additional therapeutic effects may be achieved via CsA and tacrolimus» anti-inflammatory effects, stimulatory effect on lacrimal glands, proliferative effect on mucin - producing conjunctival goblet cells, and inhibitory effect on lacrimal cell apoptosis.

The distinct endocrine glands are the adrenals, thyroid, parathyroids, pituitary gland and islets in the pancreas, although hormones are produced by many cells in other tissues.

Cells in every part of the body start to work faster when T4 levels in the blood rise; when T4 levels fall, the thyroid gland produces more thyroxine, thereby continuously and closely regulating T4 levels in the body.