Sentences with phrase «as autophagy»

«We found that olive oil reduces brain inflammation but most importantly activates a process known as autophagy,» explained senior investigator Domenico Praticò, MD, Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Microbiology and the Center for Translational Medicine at LKSOM.

The main emphasis is to study how cancer cells reprogram their metabolism and protein homeostasis to survive nutrient stress conditions associated to tumor progression and how they might use processes such as autophagy and macropinocytosis to prevent various forms of cell death, including apoptosis and necrosis, and to keep growing.

In particular, glucose utilization and related unfolded protein response as well as autophagy were reported to become deranged in diverse cancer cells [8, 72, 73].

An additional effect of the lysosomal traffic jam is impairment in organelle and protein degradation via a lysosome - dependent pathway known as autophagy [51].

The vesicles the researchers saw were part of a process known as autophagy, a natural mechanism that breaks down and recycles unwanted cellular components.

Moreover, large - scale screens in the C. elegans DMD model allowed identifying genetic and pharmacologic suppressors of dystrophin - dependent muscle degeneration; some of them positively impact mitochondrial functions or structure under stress conditions, or are involved in signaling pathways linked to mitochondria, and others are associated to proteostasis pathways such as autophagy, proteasome and Unfolded Protein Response (UPR).

«We believe Gamillus can be a powerful molecular tool for investigating unknown biological phenomena involving acidic organelles, such as autophagy.»

These cancers remodel proteins using the cellular self - cannibalization process known as autophagy to capture and degrade intracellular proteins and protein - containing organelles.

One reason may be that DDRs are protein enzymes known as tyrosine kinases that act as on and off switches of the cell self - cleaning process known as autophagy.

One holds that it is an active process in which paternal mitochondria are selectively degraded by a «self - eating» system known as autophagy, in which vesicles called autophagosomes engulf the cell's unwanted structures.

As a result, the cell begins a process known as autophagy, in which it begins digesting parts of itself to try to survive — but it doesn't.

It has previously been shown to activate a cellular process known as autophagy, which protects against aging by enabling cells to degrade and discard old, damaged «cellular garbage» before it damages cells.

By reducing IGF - 1, the body goes into a rest - and - repair mode and engages in a healing - response known as autophagy (kind of like a clean - up process for your cells).

This self - repair of immune cells, skin cells, brain cells and more, is known as autophagy, and it only happens when you don't eat.

We are having a discussion about fasting and the practice that he is referring to does not fit the definition of fasting in the above article, especially for the main benefits talked such as autophagy and growth hormones.

Cellular cleanup (also known as autophagy) is increased during a fasted state.

In a recent comment, gunthergatherer introduced me to an e-book by Ron Mignery suggesting alternate - day protein elimination (a «protein cycling diet») as an autophagy - promoting practice that should help prevent neurological disorders.

One of the ways in which the brain stays healthy is by cleaning up cells that are toxic or no longer working, a process known as autophagy.