Sentences with phrase «as immunological»

It is also now becoming clear that immune responses are key to the development of many common disorders not traditionally viewed as immunological, including metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative conditions.

His team uncovered a genetic element known as a silencer that plays a crucial role in shaping the molecular identity of CD4 cells, as well as the immunological signaling pathways in which CD4 and CD8 molecules participate along with the T cell antigen receptor.

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** The immunological defense system of the soft mucosa, which may produce antibacterial and antiviral proteins such as lysozyme, also found in mothers milk, and plasma cells, which secrete immunoglobulin antibodies.

The nutritional, immunological, psychological, and general health advantages conveyed to infants have been documented for years.1 -9 Legovic, 10 listed the merits of human breast milk as compared to artificial feeds to include ideal nutritional content, better absorption, fewer food - related allergies, more favorable psychological development, better immunologic defenses, and a substantial economic advantage.

It is beneficial to cool breast milk as quickly as possible, so that the immunological properties inside go towards baby's nutrition rather than fighting bacterial growth.

There are incredibly immunological and nutritional qualities to our milk as well.

Don't use hot water, as this can destroy some of the milk's immunological components.

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, antibacterial soaps... kids were kept in as sterile environment as possible... and along came asthma, allergies, skin sensitivities... a host of immunological issues brought on by the sterile environment that kept the children from building their natural immunities to the germs of the world.

It also protects against allergies, with immunological protection continuing as long as the child is breastfed.

There are no data to measure the benefits of extended breastfeeding, although it is known that immunological protection continues as long as the child is breastfed.

Instead, HMOs have an important immunological function, acting as prebiotics and promoting the intestinal growth of commensal bacteria, in particular Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis and B.bifidum.

Breast milk is recognized as the optimal source of nutrition for infants because of its unique nutritional and immunological characteristics.

Only breastfeeding has been shown to provide infants with immunological protection from serious diseases and infections, and lower infants» risk for conditions such as asthma, allergy, respiratory disease, childhood cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Breastfeeding past two years is called extended breastfeeding or «sustained breastfeeding» by supporters and those outside the U.S. [82] Supporters of extended breastfeeding believe that all the benefits of human milk, nutritional, immunological and emotional, continue for as long as a child nurses.

It develops as a consequence of an excessive immunological reaction to infection.

Because the researchers found that CTLA4Ig was effective in suppressing hepatitis in this study, they suggest that CTLA4Ig should be among the therapeutic options investigated further as a potential therapy for patients with severe acute hepatitis B. To this end, this animal model is useful for virological and immunological analysis of HBV infection.

And if you increase immunological molecules of certain types, a nerve may jog this way as opposed to the way it's supposed to go.

«Because of the direct link between nicotine itself and inflammation, this study has important implications including that alternative forms of nicotine inhalation, such as vaping that lacks other chemicals from cigarette smoke, may nonetheless still have detrimental immunological effects.»

As a parasite species evolves, it continuously tries to match its surface antigens to those of its host to evade immunological rejection.

Natural antibodies are often dismissed from immunological analysis as «background,» but they may play an important role in conferring immunity against infections.

Doing so assumes, he says, that the CLA's immunological responses will be as potent in people as they have been in lab animals.

They also suggest caution in accepting immunological competence as the sole criterion of the chemical identity of a ligand.

Shingles occurs most often in individuals with a declined immunological status, such as HIV or cancer patients.

If this is the case, a team of scientists from the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences in Paris reasoned, individuals may be inheriting some immunological memory not just from their mothers, but from all their maternal ancestors: A grandmother's immune system educates the mother's, and those modifications are preserved as the mother then instructs the third generation.

The immunological benefits from the wild mice's gut bacteria may, in part, explain a persistent problem in disease research: Why disease experiments in lab mice, such as vaccine studies, turn out very differently in humans or other animals.

Coeliac disease is a chronic, immunological disease that is manifested as intolerance to gluten proteins present in wheat, rye and barley.

Furthermore, this study also encourages the application of iPSC - MSCs as an exciting new therapeutic option for a range of immunological disorders and suggests that further study of the secreted factors may allow the construction of efficient cell - free therapies in the near future.

The first neoadjuvant trial of interferon (UPCI 00 - 008) reveals its effects are immunological, and mediated through modulation of STAT3 and dendritic cells, as well as T cell responses to melanoma.

The robust immunomodulatory capabilities of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have propelled them into animal studies and preliminary clinical trials as a treatment for a series of immunological diseases.

Such an immunological exemption could alleviate many concerns about using cells for therapy that don't exactly match the recipient's immune system - such as existing embryonic stem cell lines that are not directly derived from the recipient.

This was then subjected to initial testing for immunological efficacy in mThy1 - AS mice, which overexpress WT human AS under the murine Thy1 promoter, and which exhibit sensorimotor behavioral deficits, axonal AS pathology, and C - terminally - truncated AS aggregates with regional distribution similar to PD and PD dementia (PDD).

The results were even more auspicious when the investigators stratified vaccinated subjects by antibody responder status: subjects who successfully mounted an immunological response to the vaccine enjoyed statistically significant benefits as measured with the IGA, the two motor function subscales of the MDS - UPDRS, and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ - 39) of quality of life (though not on the PD Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMS - Quest / PD - NMS)-RRB-, while no benefit was observed in nonresponders on any scale (Table 1).

[5] The primary outcome of the study was safety and tolerability, with immunological response to the vaccine as a secondary outcome.

Immune - based strategies to treat pancreatic cancer during the early stages of development, as well as new immunological approaches to treat advanced disease, are showing significant promise where other approaches have failed.

The progressive loss of diversity in the body's corps of killer T - cells as a result of immunological «crowding» is one of two reasons for our rising vulnerability to viruses and other pathogens during degenerative aging.

The role of environmental factors such as commensal intestinal microbiota, and microbial infections and their immunological consequences in genetically susceptible individuals are not yet properly understood.

1994 saw her as Head of the Department of Transplantation Immunology at the CLB, in Amsterdam, and in 1999 she became Head of the department of the Immunology of the Laboratory of Vaccine Research of the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), in Bilthoven, where her research activities focused on defining immunological correlates of protection on the T and B cell level after natural infection and vaccination.

In both vertebrates as well as invertebrates a complex microbiome confers immunological, metabolic and behavioural benefits; its disturbance can contribute to the development of disease states.

Despite the allogenic barrier, the MRL mice showed a similar pattern as the syngeneic recipients, suggesting that the engraftment was less likely to be regulated by adaptive immunological factors.

Mast cells play important roles in initial immunological responses as well as in the clearance of parasitic infections (9, 10, 31, 32).

Therefore, we must be aware of introducing any additional harmful substances into our system as these may impair our immunological efforts to create health.

«It is not clear that it is the specific early introduction of an allergenic food that renders immunological protection, rather than the accompanying increased diversity in the diet that occurs as a by - product,» writes Dr. Matthew Greenhawt, an allergy and immunology specialist at Children's Hospital Colorado, in the accompanying editorial.

Whey isolate is one such inferior product, because when you remove the fat from the whey, you actually remove important components of its immunological properties, such as phospholipids, phosphatidylserine and cortisol.

Evidence is accumulating that DHEA may be effective as a treatment for the immunological abnormalities that arise in subjects with low circulating levels of this hormone, including the impaired immune response of older individuals and immune dysregulation in patients with chronic autoimmune disease.93

Undigested protein molecules may cross the intestinal lining triggering immunological reactions such as allergies, asthma, and skin rashes.

An increase in Vitamin A intake can improve immunological function if previously deficient, however as stated earlier, mega doses above the daily recommended value are not proven to enhance immunity further.

Last, antioxidants also play a role in the immune system as they help the body eliminate free radicals, which are damaging to the human body and immunological function.

Also, in the Cracking Myths article you posted in another section of this site, in Myth 6, a dietitian is quoted as saying that when you can identify the immunological triggers, restriction of FODMAPs proves unnecessary.

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