Sentences with phrase «adjacent blood vessels»

Luster's team hopes to further investigate the characteristics of joints that underlie the critical role of C5a in initiating type III hypersensitivity and whether specific molecules expressed on endothelial cells lining joints play a role in transporting C5a and chemokines from the joint space into adjacent blood vessels.

Current thinking regarding type III hypersensitivity is that immune cells within tissues sense the presence of these immune complexes (ICs) through specific receptor molecules and release inflammatory factors called cytokines that activate the endothelial cells lining adjacent blood vessels to promote the recruitment of neutrophils.

Human glomerular podocytes further matured around adjacent blood vessels as in a living body (image 1) and formed a characteristic filtration membrane structure..

Their experiments revealed that the presence of ICs within the joint space induces the generation of complement C5a, a component of the innate immune system, which is then displayed on the inner walls of adjacent blood vessels.

They are primarily located in the right ventricle of the heart and adjacent blood vessels.

Heartworms are parasites that live in the blood of a dog's heart and adjacent blood vessels.

Malignant adrenal cancers may spread through the body by invading the adjacent blood vessels and seeding new tumors in body cavities and other organs.

The disease is caused by a blood - borne parasite called Dirofilaria immitis that inhabits the arteries of the lungs, heart and the adjacent blood vessels of infected dogs, cats and other mammalian species.

It is caused by a blood - borne parasite called Dirofilaria immitis which resides in the arteries of the heart, lungs and the adjacent blood vessels of infected cats, dogs and other mammalian species.