Sentences with phrase «act as signaling»

In our bodies, these small proteins typically act as signaling molecules.

RUBINO REPLIES: Despite a clear role of bile and bile acids — components of bile that act as signaling molecules — in metabolic regulation, there is no clinical evidence that removing the gallbladder induces substantial effects (positive or negative) on diabetes; in fact, blood glucose levels typically remain about the same.

Since it is known that 13 different members of the fibroblast growth factor, or Fgf, family act as signaling proteins between the two different tissues — dental mesenchyme and oral epithelium — during murine tooth development, Javed and colleagues looked for changes in Fgf ligands in the mice lacking Sp7.

As an indicator of your creditworthiness how much you owe and how it's broken up across the different types of loans acts as a signal about your capacity to manage your existing debt.

That proved De Bruyne's final act as he signalled to the bench moments later but there were no obvious signs of discomfort as he was replaced by Ilkay Gundogan.

Eventually, these activities will act as signals to your little ones that it is time to take a nap.

When they seem ready, take them to the room they normally sleep in, and have a little pre-sleep routine that acts as a signal that it's nap time.

These steps will act as signals to your body to prepare for pumping.

«The idea is that the runaway stars act as signal flares, showing the position of the spiral arm, the same way someone lost in the middle of a dense forest could fire one to the sky to show his or her location to an outsider,» says Silva.

«Recent work by other groups has shown that bile acids act as signalling molecules in the host, almost like a hormonal network, with an ability to influence host metabolism.

Instead the miRNAs might simply act as a signal of diet quality.

By performing different biochemical assays, the researchers observed that PLK4 is capable of auto - regulating its levels by adding chemical groups of phosphate to itself, which will act as a signal for destruction.

Bulmer thinks the small glucan breakdown products it releases could act as signals that get passed around the nest and trigger what's known as social immunity: The entire colony prepares for microbial attack before most termites ever encounter a germ.

Now Grove and a colleague, reporting in todays Science, have found that Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 (FGF8), whose absence prevents limbs from growing normally, acts as a signal telling the neocortex which way is front.

Proving their hunch, the researchers found ascarosides in the secretions of every nematode they examined, and a few subsequent experiments showed that the small compounds also acted as signaling molecules in the species» they investigated.

In this review, cellular and systemic amino acid homeostasis will be covered, including how amino acids act as signalling molecules to regulate their diverse functions.

Inflammation is instigated by chemical mediators called cytokines that act as signals to recruit more parts of the immune system to help with healing.

Nitric oxide is a compound that acts as a signaling molecule in the vascular system, dilating blood vessels and increasing nutrient and oxygen delivery to all muscle cells.

BHB is not used solely as a energy source, but also acts as a signal to regulate metabolism when energy sources are low (5).

Leucine acts as a signal that starts the process of building muscle in the body.

Shh acts as a signaling molecule in the stomach epithelial patterning, and loss of Shh results in defective parietal cells, leading to hypochlorhydria and subsequent hypergastrinemia.

It circulates in the body binding to cell receptors which then acts as a signal to carry out another action in the body, such as maintaining a normal body temperature, regulating the menstrual cycle and supporting the cardiovascular system.

Along with being incorporated into new muscle tissue, studies show that leucine acts as a signaling molecule to turn on muscle protein synthesis.

The reduced availability of metabolic fuels may act as a signal to stimulate eating (11).

The charms singles attach are based on their personality and interests, and the bracelet as a whole acts as a signal that they're «single and looking».

The urine contains both pheromones and hormones, both of which act as signals of her reproductive status to other cats.

Conical forms have been part of Lijn's work since the sixties when she was inspired by the striped cones which act as signals on the roads which crisscross our planet.

They acted as a signal for Hall in what his art could aspire to be like.

Coming to us with a readymade patina of age due to their reliance on increasingly dated software, these works act as signals for the speed at which we cycle through and abandon cultural detritus in pursuit of the new.

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The iPod or iPhone will then act as a transponder, emitting a signal that can be read by other app users.

StingRay (also known as «Hailstorm» or «TriggerFish») is an «IMSI catcher» basically acts like a cell phone tower, and sends out signals which force cell phones to ping them back with information showing their owner's location and other identifying information.

That monstrous uptick in volume was a key signal because it clearly pointed to institutional accumulation, which acts as a gas pedal that powers the best stock breakouts.

As usual, we'll act on any positive signal from favorable trend uniformity if it emerges.

However, as this is not guaranteed by any signal provider, you still stand the chance of losing your investment acting upon the recommendations provided by the service.

protecting companies in circumstances where a potential partner is uninsurable or where previously granted insurance cover is withdrawn, whereby the insurance company acts as an «early warning signal» alerting policyholders to potential trading risks;

With $ 60 acting as a strong resistance, its breakout may issue a signal of such a trend really forming.

The inside bar strategy can act as a catalyst for an event in the market, this event is usually a simple turning point, stalling signal, or a false break.

Furthermore, by amending the Act in 2012 to create two categories of participation, Parliament was signaling that procedures need to be more focused and efficient and that, as such, the Board was justified in creating procedure that requires «rigorous demonstration» (at para 77) of the capacity to make a contribution to the Board's consideration of the matter at hand.

Such transcendent joy can be interpreted a merciful illusion, a regression to childish magic, or in an act of faith can also be understood as a «signal of transcendence.»

Berger wishes to speak of «a God who is not made by man, who is outside and not within ourselves,» but he limits his act of faith in such a God to projections outward from common human experience, i.e., to signals of transcendence70 The result is that Berger is left finally with his own experience alone, a consequence that weakens his understanding not only of Christian theology but ultimately of play as well.

We sleep through God's signals of alarm and act as if today is like every other day.

It is the experiential insight that gives succor to man's deformed yearning (sehnsucht) for perfection in life, and it reveals to us that «God can not be contained within reason, because what he does goes beyond reason,» therefore the initial anticipation of the revelatory act / reality is signaled by the existential realization that God's «unnecessitated» love for us as created being, both corporately and individually, makes transparent «God's gift of Himself.»

We found that capsaicin might act as a cocarcinogen by inducing the sustained activation of EGFR downstream signals through activation of EGFR.

That process produces hunger - taming hormones that send signals to your brain and act as natural appetite suppressants.

This research should, therefore, act as a warning signal.

As for male primogeniture, it, too, sends an important signal: that the male line matters means that fathers matter, and that they have to face up to their responsibilities, with every assistance (including censure where necessary) from the wider society, including when it acts politically as the StatAs for male primogeniture, it, too, sends an important signal: that the male line matters means that fathers matter, and that they have to face up to their responsibilities, with every assistance (including censure where necessary) from the wider society, including when it acts politically as the Statas the State.

Male primogeniture sends an important signal: that the male line matters means that fathers matter, and that they have to face up to their responsibilities, with every assistance (including censure where necessary) from the wider society, including when it acts politically as the State.

«This year, it's an effort to send a clear signal to all the others that they better stop acting as RINOs (Republicans in name only) if they are Republicans.

The Government intends the appointment to be a signal that it is serious about the military covenant - which it enshrined in law as one of its first acts.

As Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, has pointed out, Grieve's departure «is a very worrying signal of how the government values human rights in particular» and recalled that the ex-attorney general's maiden speech was in support of the Human Rights Act.