Sentences with phrase «blood cell door»

Hence, if one red blood cell door is blocked, the parasite finds another way to enter,» said senior author Manoj Duraisingh, John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Chan.

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«Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites have evolved several key - like molecules to enter into human red blood cells through different door - like host receptors.

By comparison, that's about 15 times smaller than a red blood cell, and Zhang said shrinking an infrared light source to such a small scale could open doors to new kinds of chemical sensing and molecular imaging that aren't possible with today's state - of - the - art nanoscale infrared spectroscopy.

Human skin may behave the same way, which could open the door for new ways to boost blood cell levels for athletes seeking to gain an edge or patients with anemia.

What's more, the discovery of such a fundamental difference in the biology of blood and lymphoid tissue CD4 T cells opens the door to retesting drugs in lymphoid tissue that were deemed ineffective in blood cells.

When blood glucose levels rise, a signal (imagine a doorbell is rung) is sent from the cell door to the nucleus telling it to open up.

Unable to open the door to the cells, insulin lets sugar build up in the blood.

Chromium is a part of so called Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF) and as such it helps insulin to attach to the insulin receptors and be more effective in opening the cell's door for sugar, thus lowering its blood levels.

They describe insulin as a «glucose doorman» that travels around the body opening cell doors so glucose can enter and do its job, which is maintaining proper blood - sugar levels.

Without an adequate amount of insulin to «open the door,» glucose is unable to get into the cells, so it accumulates in the blood, setting in motion a series of events that result in diabetes mellitus.

The role of insulin is much like that of a gatekeeper: It stands at the surface of body cells and opens the door, allowing glucose to leave the blood stream and pass inside the cells.

Type 2 or Insulin - resistant diabetes is a phenomenon in which a normal or abnormally high amount of insulin is present in the blood stream but can no longer «unlock the door» to cells to allow the glucose in.

Once the insulin has «unlocked the door», glucose can cross over into the cell from the blood.

However, glucose in the blood requires insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, to «unlock» the door to cells.