Sentences with phrase «attacking white cell»

Not exact matches

Most of the action is coordinated by white blood cells, which direct the lines of attack like football coaches, churning out antibodies that target the opponent for destruction.

Amgen's white - blood - cell booster, Neulasta was a $ 4.5 billion drug last year and oncologists could probably use a new mode of attack.

This «liquid gold,» which is often yellow but may be clear, resembles blood more than milk in that it contains protective white blood cells capable of attacking harmful bacteria.

Two groups had their immune systems altered to produce fewer macrophages, the white blood cells that attack pathogens.

We now know the virus attacks a person's T lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that plays a central role in the immune system.

Compared with unheated mice, the animals with the faux fever had twice as many white blood cells migrating out of the blood vessels and into the lymph tissue that lines the skin and gut, which is where they need to be to attack incoming pathogens.

After «inhaling» E. coli, for instance, the lung attracted human white blood cells to attack and kill the bacteria, a process scientists have long understood but never before witnessed in vitro.

White blood cells called T - cells tend to attack a wider range of invaders than antibodies.

In the hunt for genetic and environmental factors responsible for allergies, a prime suspect has been interleukin - 4 (IL - 4); this immune system protein tells white blood cells to make IgE antibodies, which recognize foreign substances and set off an immune attack.

Macrophages are types of white blood cells that attack foreign micro-organisms and remove harmful substances within the body.

Attacking its victim's white blood cells, E. chaffeensis causes a disease called ehrlichiosis, characterized by fever, malaise, body aches, and, if left untreated, organ failure.

When the body encounters an infection, a molecular signaling system ramps up the body's infection - fighting system to produce more white blood cells to attack invading bacteria.

In yet another approach, researchers could modify specific white blood cells (called T - cells) to see and target pancreatic cancer cells, although this therapy could attack healthy cells, too.

Antibodies, proteins that tag and attack viruses and bacteria, «remember» past invaders, allowing white blood cells to quickly respond during subsequent infections.

Natural killer (NK) cells are white blood cells that roam through the blood stream, attacking infections and potentially cancer - causing cells.

In her autobiography, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear (Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1999), Alvord described her new passion: «The way the white blood cells attack an intruding virus, the way too much or too little of anything disturbs the body functions... it was all hozho, the beautiful balance of the universe, rephrased in scientific terms.»

When the animals» immune systems identify a cancer cell, a genetic tweak allows their bodies to launch a massive attack of white blood cells that kills the budding tumor.

This electron micrograph shows an oral squamous cancer cell (white) being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells (red).

Nonetheless, white spots still developed in the animals» fur, and previously transferred malignant melanoma cells were destroyed, because the mice's natural killer cells remembered and attacked the pigmented cells.

These problems are caused by a type of white blood cells called T cells that, after becoming activated, find their way into the brain and attack the protective covering — myelin — of neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing inflammation and damage to the central nervous system.

The immune system protects us from scores of invaders, but it can also turn against us when white blood cells called autoimmune T cells attack the body's own tissue.

As part of the body's normal, healthy immune response to infection, the barrier formed by blood vessel cells temporarily loosens, allowing white blood cells to exit the bloodstream and attack the invading bacteria or virus, Rehman said.

An alternative approach is to persuade the immune system to attack tumours, using vaccines, biological therapies such as alpha interferon or interleukin 2 and genetically altered white blood cells.

Back then, biologists were struggling to learn how the fierce little warriors of the immune system — the white blood cells — know to attack invading pathogens but not the body itself.

When a new bacterium or virus invades the body, the immune system mounts an attack by sending in white blood cells called T - cells that are tailored to the molecular structure of that invader.

These drugs free a patient's immune system from cancer - induced suppression, while others engineer a patient's own white blood cells to attack cancer.

As seen with pseudo-coloured scanning electron microscopy, two cell - killing T - cells (red) attack a squamous mouth cancer cell (white) after a patient received a vaccine containing antigens identified on the tumour.

Other white blood cells called lymphocytes deliver a second punch in the attack, known as acquired immunity.

Their work could pave the way for more effective prevention of heart attack and stroke in humans caused by atherosclerosis, in which artery walls thicken and suffer reduced plasticity due to an accumulation of white blood cells.

HIV attacks and kills a specific type of white blood cell, called a CD4 cell.

T cells, the white blood cells that identify and attack foreign bodies, are one of the main culprits behind organ rejection.

CAR T - cells are genetically modified white blood cells that have been engineered to specifically attack a patient's cancer.

The virus attacks CD4 + T cells, a type of white blood cell that plays a critical role in preventing infection, and gradually depletes their numbers.

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For example, blood tests showed that the patients had very low levels of T - cells, the white blood cells that attack foreign invaders in the body.

HIV attacks and kills a specific type of white blood cell, called a CD4 cell.

The fatty plaques attract white blood cells, grow larger, and can form blood clots, which can cause a heart attack.

Pineapple is an excellent source of vitamin C, which has been shown to stimulate both the production and function of neutrophils, white blood cells that attack foreign bacteria and viruses.

White blood cells that fight infection are removed from the patient, modified so they target the tumor specifically, and are re-introduced into the body where they encourage other cells also to attack the malignant cells.

Under these difficult conditions, your immune system is less likely to properly complete all of its checks and balances, «tolerance» never develops, and the auto - antibodies can end up misleading your white blood cells into launching an attack against your own tissues.

Adjuvant plus inflammation usually means you have an infection, and when you have an infection, your white blood cells manufacture antibodies to attack the invading organism.

The auto - antibodies bind to your own tissues where they attract white blood cells that can launch an attack.

In Lyme, white blood cells that attack germs produce inflammatory cytokines like interleukin - 6 and tissue necrosis factor alpha.

With repeated toxin exposure, white blood cells will eventually start attacking internal organs or other necessary tissues and cells.

The condition is autoimmune in nature, which means gluten doesn't cause the damage directly; instead, your immune system's reaction to the gluten protein spurs your white blood cells to mistakenly attack your small intestinal lining.

In people with celiac disease, eating foods that contain gluten (which occurs at almost every meal on a standard diet) causes what's called an autoimmune reaction, in which your body's disease - fighting white blood cells mistakenly attack some of your own tissue.

The nutrient helps the body to produce white blood cells that attack viruses and help keep you fit and healthy.

Cytokines are proteins made by various types of white blood cells to turn on the immune system to attack invaders like:

APS (also known as astragalus polysaccharide) has been shown to activate the immune system by enhancing the transformation of T lymphocytes (a sub-type of white blood cells, crucial in the regulation of immune responses), as well as the activation of B lymphocytes (which produce antibodies that are used to attack invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins) and dendritic cells, which trigger immune reactions to toxins.

Ultimately, your body turns on itself when dealing with gluten, and your white blood cells attack and can destroy the lining of your small intestine, leading to the lack of absorption of nutrients from your food.