Sentences with phrase «abnormal responses of»

High - risk newborns will often show abnormal responses of primitive reflexes, or lack a response entirely.

It is already known that patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population and that symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an abnormal response of the body's immune system.

It is an abnormal response of the intestines to certain foods in genetically predisposed individuals.

Recent studies have linked osteoarthritis occurrence and progression with an abnormal response of the immune system to exposed cartilage proteins.

Not exact matches

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

«Often I'm asked what my definition of autism is and, of course, there is the standard definition: children who have problems with communicating, repetitive motion, abnormal toy play, social skills, are delayed,» says Dr. Kartzinel, «But really what I look at in a child is how many responses to stimuli the child responds to abnormally.»

Some researchers have even looked at the chromosomes of the miscarried pregnancy to determine whether the NK cells were elevated because of the body's natural response to a chromosomally abnormal pregnancy.

In another recent study, newborns at high risk for developing abnormal stress responses showed no evidence of such problems at 7 months — not if their mothers reported giving their babies lots of caresses (Sharp et al 2012).

The researchers found that HAND2 methylation is already increased in premalignant endometrial lesions (cancer - prone, abnormal - looking tissue) compared to normal endometrium, and that a high level of methylation predicted a poor response to progesterone treatment (which stops the growth of some pre-cancerous endometrial lesions).

Mazmanian believes the interaction between the body and intestinal bacteria might hold the key, for example, to how an abnormal immune response to these microbes may be responsible for the development of colon cancer.

The abnormal immune response to gluten damages the small intestine and is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea, lethargy, and an increased risk of osteoporosis and cancer.

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.»

Importantly, potent dose - related DNA demethylation, or reversal of the abnormal DNA methylation, is associated with clinical response in patients treated with the drug, with responders showing significantly more demethylation than non-responders.

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 response.

Tomas Furmark, a psychologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, suspected that a different neurotransmitter plays a role in placebo responses to social anxiety disorder (SAD)-- an abnormal fear of being judged by others.

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.

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.

In diabetic rat models, female mesenteric arteries show greater abnormal vascular responses demonstrated by greater impairment of acetycholin - induced relaxation and an increased expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.

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 antibiotics.

We used Cox proportional hazard models to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) of mortality according to fitness, adiposity, age, smoking status, abnormal exercise ECG responses, and baseline medical condition exposure categories.

Although vaccination induces an inflammatory response during pregnancy, the magnitude and the duration of response is much lower and shorter, respectively, for influenza vaccination than viral infection.27 Like infection, influenza vaccination during pregnancy has been reported to induce a transient increase in the levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor α, and C - reactive protein.27 - 30 Studies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have been mixed.

«One mistake Ive seen [physicians] make is to generally recommend that asthmatics not have cats, dogs, or other furred pets when they havent done the allergy testing to prove whether theres an abnormal response to that type of animal.»

Ulcerative colitis can cause severe bouts of diarrhea, crampy abdominal pain, and other symptoms, possibly caused by an abnormal immune response that damages the lining of the colon and rectum.

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.

This lab allows us to see whether there is any abnormal immune response against many parts of the body.

And if the leaky gut continues for years, you are more likely to develop an abnormal immune response to other foods such as dairy protein, eggs, shellfish, legumes, other grains, and other types of foods.

One of the enduring myths (there are so many) about the HPV vaccine is that it is linked to one or more autoimmune syndromes, an abnormal immune response to a healthy body part.

TS is diagnosed by specific criteria, which include biochemical tests showing malabsorption of two unrelated substances, abnormal duodenal histology, absence of other causes of malabsorption and persistent response to antibiotics and folate.

Clinical Background Tolerance is the normal immune response to the food an individual eats over a lifetime.1 A food allergy is an abnormal immune reaction consisting of hypersensitivity to food components, most commonly proteins.2, 3 Allergic reactions to dietary antigens can be immediate or delayed and the rate and types of reaction indicate different immune responses.

This is the first sign of adrenal exhaustion, and the first abnormal response to chronic stress.

The longer you've trained, the harder it becomes to gain muscle under the same conditions you're used to applying — body part specialization programs create an «emergency response» of your entire body's resources to promote recovery and growth when it's under abnormal attack.

We know that great majority of both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are caused by abnormal and harmful response (behaviour) of the immune system.

The recipes in Wheat Belly replace wheat flour with ingredients like coconut flour, ground flaxseed, and nut meals because these are nutritious foods that don't produce abnormal responses similar to those of wheat.

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

«In patients with lupus, we found that their natural defense system just continued to produce more and more abnormal responses — autoantibodies — up until the time they were diagnosed with the disease,» said Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., of OMRF and OUHSC, one of the study's co-authors.

Sufferers should have an adequate intake of Zinc, too, as stress depletes the body's reserves, which can lead to abnormal pain responses, confusion and poor concentration, as well as adequate Chromium consumption as it's essential in balancing blood - sugar levels.

Bullying victims experience an electrochemical cyclone of abnormal brain responses.

Just like my doctor would ask me to run on a treadmill to test for any abnormal reaction in my heart rate, stress testing a portfolio can reveal scenarios that might elicit a dramatic response, helping us prepare for a variety of market events.

The paper is a response to Fama and French's 1992 paper, The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns, which argued that value strategies produce abnormal returns only because they are fundamentally riskier.

The analyst must seek to guard himself against this danger as best he can: in part, by dealing with those situations preferably which are not subject to sudden change; in part, by favoring securities in which the popular interest is keen enough to promise a fairly swift response to value elements which he is the first to recognize; in part, by tempering his activities to the general financial situation — laying more emphasis on the discovery of undervalued securities when business and market conditions are on a fairly even keel, and proceeding with greater caution in times of abnormal stress and uncertainty.»

Drugs will be used to control the abnormal heart rhythm and also to reduce the amount of saliva your dog is producing in response to the toxin.

Because of the ability to regulate immune responses and facilitate tissue regrowth or repair, we believe that fat - derived, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may help to decrease the abnormal immune response and the accompanying inflammation.

The underlying cause of HGE is unknown, but is thought to be an abnormal response to bacteria, bacterial endotoxins (i.e. salmonella or clostridium), intestinal parasites, or even food allergies.

Both cone and rod mediated ERG responses are highly abnormal, probably due to a combination of responses from rods and possibly cones with very reduced sensitivity [58].

The sensitivity testing will ascertain if there is an abnormal response (or lack of it) when certain stimuli are applied.