Sentences with phrase «abnormal immune response in»

[6] Gliadin proteins have the ability to provoke an autoimmune enteropathy caused by an abnormal immune response in genetically susceptible individuals.

In contrast, coeliac disease is a digestive condition due to an abnormal immune response in the small intestine to gluten.

Past studies have suggested that this kind of damage is associated with abnormal immune responses in the liver, but very little was known about the molecules and cells that contribute to fibrosis.

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Food allergens are typically naturally - occurring proteins in foods or derivatives of them that cause abnormal immune responses.

To better understand how this abnormal distribution of B cell types in people with uncontrolled HIV affected their immune response to the virus, researchers compared HIV - specific antibodies derived from both TLM and RM B cells.

Abnormal immune responses lead to inflammation in the digestive tract lining causing several disorders, the most common of which are Crohn's disease (usually affecting the small intestine) and ulcerative colitis (restricted to the colon).

The authors said that this result suggests that the reason bacterial numbers are so high in these mice, and, by extension, human LAD patients, is not because of a defect in the immune system's surveillance mechanism but because of the inflammation caused by the immune system's abnormal response to normal levels of bacteria in the gums.

«In addition, the results of this study provide new mechanisms for how abnormal pigmentation associated with some melanocytic nevi and melanomas might arise as a result of immune responses to the growths.»

Several teams found indications that abnormal immune responses might be involved in Alzheimer's.

Multiple sclerosis is characterized by an abnormal immune response that leads to inflammation in the brain and the destruction of myelin — a fatty sheath that protects and insulates nerve fibers.

«Although data clearly indicate better immune responses and vaccine efficacy against both genital warts and cervical dysplasia when vaccination occurs before age 14, this study suggests that HPV vaccination may be effective in reducing abnormal Pap test results even after sexual debut,» explained co-author Rebecca Perkins, MD, MSc, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine and a gynecologist at Boston Medical Center.

In research on more than 700 families with an autistic as well as a neurotypical child, Pessah and his colleagues have found in the autistic child a significant reduction in immunoglobulins and an abnormal profile of cytokines, which are critical to immune responsIn research on more than 700 families with an autistic as well as a neurotypical child, Pessah and his colleagues have found in the autistic child a significant reduction in immunoglobulins and an abnormal profile of cytokines, which are critical to immune responsin the autistic child a significant reduction in immunoglobulins and an abnormal profile of cytokines, which are critical to immune responsin immunoglobulins and an abnormal profile of cytokines, which are critical to immune response.

The finding wasn't surprising, Fallin explains — numerous studies have identified abnormal gene expression of immune genes in autism samples and environmental experiences such as prenatal infection or prenatal exposure to pollutants that can ramp up immune responses are risk factors for ASD.

Auto - immune diseases are caused by an abnormal immune response which causes the immune system to attack and destroy healthy tissues in a person's own body.

In patients with antibiotic - refractory Lyme arthritis, there is mounting evidence that Lyme infection triggers an abnormal immune response, which in turn attacks the tissues of the joints, even after B. burgdorferi has been cleared by antibioticIn patients with antibiotic - refractory Lyme arthritis, there is mounting evidence that Lyme infection triggers an abnormal immune response, which in turn attacks the tissues of the joints, even after B. burgdorferi has been cleared by antibioticin turn attacks the tissues of the joints, even after B. burgdorferi has been cleared by antibiotics.

Hypothyroidism — an underproduction of hormones by the thyroid gland in the neck — is caused by an abnormal immune system response that mistakenly attacks normal body tissue.

Abnormal immune response increases * inflammation in the affected joint (or more of them) and leads to overproduction of skin cells.

As for the link between FIV and gingivostomatitis, Dr. Rawlinson observes: «The immune system's inflammatory response is so abnormal in FIV - positive cats that their bodies just aren't up to dealing with routine oral infections.