Sentences with phrase «blood vessel walls»

They also have the ability to destroy bacteria and relax smooth muscles in blood vessel walls.

Less inflammation means lower rates of heart attack and injury to the inner lining of blood vessel walls, for example.

As if that weren't enough reason to stop using cigarettes, here's another: smoking lowers your levels of HDL cholesterol and damages blood vessel walls.

It is too early to be certain, but the softness of cancer cells may be what enables them to pass through blood vessel walls, etc..

HDL flows through the bloodstream and acts as a cleanup system, removing some of the accrued LDL from blood vessel walls as it moves along.

It also helps relax blood vessel walls and, in turn, lower blood pressure.

The gene is involved in the production of connective tissue in blood vessel walls, thereby stabilizing them.

Rodriguez had already observed how HDL pulls cholesterol out of foam cells, which are found in the plaque that accumulates on blood vessel walls in people with atherosclerosis.

PCO bioflavonoids were first noticed in the laboratory because they have the remarkable ability to strengthen blood vessel walls within hours after taking them.

-- Venaforce (Vogel)-- improves blood circulation and strengthens blood vessel walls.

It usually occurs in people who are often sedentary, standing or sitting for a long time, causing blockage of blood vessel walls leading to varicose veins.

Vitamin D also can suppress vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, activation of garbage - eating macrophages and calcification formation, all of which can thicken blood vessel walls and hinder flexibility.

In a series of studies this year, molecular geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine used a harmless virus to ferry new genes through the bloodstream, across blood vessel walls, and into almost every muscle cell in the bodies of hamsters bred to have human genetic diseases.

-- Lack of elasticity of blood vessel walls caused by poor dietary habits and deficiency of rutin, bioflavonoids

He determined that epithelial cells lining the brain's blood vessel walls contain a surface protein, or receptor, that can snag insulin, the hormone essential for metabolizing carbohydrates and fats.

Nowhere is this more true than in the brain, where blood vessel walls are tightly knit, keeping most large molecules from seeping out of the bloodstream and into brain tissue.

Once activated by an enzyme in the bloodstream, fragments of fibrinogen bind together into a sturdy lattice, sealing any leaks that have formed in blood vessel walls due to the stress of the freeze - thaw cycle.

Now, in a study published in Nature, the researchers show that the parasite binds a protein in blood vessel walls called endothelial protein C (EPCR), which is involved with regulating blood coagulation and the inflammatory response.

This causes the previously impermeable blood vessel walls to form gaps, which the metastatic cell exploits to cross into and colonize the lung.

Taken together, the findings suggest that treatment with minoxidil lowers blood pressure in part by remodeling large blood vessel walls.

Many years of sun exposure can weaken blood vessel walls, contributing to a type of bruising in older adults known as «actinic purpura» or «senile purpura» — unsightly purple patches that occur on the backs of the hands and forearms without much of a bump or injury.

Sodium chloride increases fluid retention, which puts more pressure against blood vessel walls and increases blood pressure.

HDL - high density lipoprotein, which is cardio - protective for men and women because it helps transfer cholesterol out of blood vessel walls back to the liver for other uses.

Tiny blood cells called platelets are activated when blood vessel walls are damaged.

Niacin may also help prevent free radicals from oxidizing LDL, which only becomes potentially harmful to blood vessel walls after oxidation.

Another reason you need vitamin C is the fact that its deficiency is to blame for the weak blood vessel walls (another cause of cellulite).

Atherosclerosis is caused by oxidized lipids that overwhelm the cells sent to clean them up when they irritate blood vessel walls; the fatty deposits that narrow blood vessels are made up of lipids and dead cells.

The most common spleen cancer is hemangiosarcoma (blood vessel wall tumor).

Damage to blood vessel walls results in blood leakage which may manifest as skin rashes or bruising.

-- Emotional stress and bad diet lead to overproduction of free radicals which damage blood vessel walls;

For example, one direct, negative impact of low vitamin K intake on the heart may be reduced activity of matrix Gla protein, which helps prevent calcium deposits on blood vessel walls.

In addition, chelation helps to raise levels of beneficial nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessel walls — as well as reducing blood pressure, decreasing blood cholesterol levels, decreasing angina (chest pain) and even regulating cardiac arrhythmias.

Chelation supports arterial function by binding calcium and toxic metals out of blood vessel walls in order to treat atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), a condition leading to obstructions to blood flow and an increase in risk of stroke, blood clots and heart disease.

The only effective way of treating cellulite is addressing the above mentioned causes, focusing on strengthening the connective tissue (collagen) and muscles found under the skin, a long - term weight loss (burning fat slowly and systematically), slowing down the ageing process of the skin cells, improving blood circulation and strengthening blood vessel walls, detoxification of the body and liver, and improving overall health.

If the process continues, it is possible for oxidized LDL to accumulate in blood vessel walls and create the early stages of hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis).

The formation of plaque along our blood vessel walls starts with chronic, excessive oxidative stress and inflammation.

The researchers speculate that other blood - group differences, such as how likely cells are to stick to one another or to blood vessel walls, might affect brain function.

These monocytes then migrated to blood vessel walls and prevented the healing of plaques.

As they had hoped, a narrow ultrasound beam loosened the blood vessel walls in part of a mouse's brain.

There, the antibody was caught by transferrin transporters, which drew it — along with the erythropoietin — through the blood vessel walls and into the brain.

When driven by motors specifically engaged for this function, it is tough enough to push through the barrier imposed by the blood vessel walls.

White blood cell squeezing through endothelial cells (grey) on its way out of the blood vessel walls.

But really strong waves might end up cooking the brain's tissue instead of judiciously loosening a blood vessel wall.

«Because the particles are so small, if they happen to reach the tumor site they have a chance of penetrating through the blood vessel wall because the vasculature of tumors is usually leaky.»

This allows the autoimmune leukocytes to adhere to the blood vessel walls within the inner parts of the nerve, ultimately migrating with direct access to the axons where demyelination can occur.»

Hyperlipidemia, or raised levels of cholesterol and other fats in the blood, is associated with erectile dysfunction in men, because the build - up of fats in blood vessel walls can reduce blood flow to erectile tissue.

Prof. Alon says: «Our study shows that the endothelial cells, which were thought to be dynamic assistants in this process of crossing of blood vessel walls, are really more responders to the «physical work» invested by the white blood cell motors and nuclei in generating gaps and crossing through blood vessels.»

HDL particles remove cholesterol from the blood vessel walls and transport it to the liver to be excreted from the body via bile.