Sentences with phrase «alter normal cell functions»

Tumor cells carry a unique set of mutations in its genome that alter normal cell functions.

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However, this cellular intervention alters the normal expression of hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma (RB) protein needed for the expression of genes involved in cell functions [3] and, therefore, results in an abnormal cell.

However, using these cell lines it should be possible to determine in detail how the defects arise (which is difficult in patients), and perhaps how to alter the segregation of mutant versus normal mtDNA during cell division to eventually lessen the burden of abnormal mitochondria function.

Her current research is focused on discovering how normal and disease melanocyte cell states establish distinct regulatory DNA landscapes, and also determining how the combination of both genetic variation within these regulatory regions and environmental cell signals alter gene expression and normal cell function.

Unlike in type 1 diabetes, in which insulin production is limited because beta cells are destroyed, «arsenic induces glucose intolerance through a disruption of beta - cell function that alters normal stimulus — secretion coupling,» the researchers wrote.

This sudden movement causes stretching and tearing of connections between brain cells and creates chemical changes that alter normal brain function.