Sentences with phrase «body against foreign invaders»

The Immune system is a complex network of biological structures that help protect the body against foreign invaders and disease.

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It has been found to inhibit the action of white blood cells so that they are unable to defend the body against harmful foreign invaders.

Moir and Tanzi hypothesized that ß amyloid has an ancient role in the body protecting against foreign invaders.

This is a faint echo of what happens inside the body of someone developing diabetes: Their T cells are activated against cells in the pancreas much as they would be against a foreign invader, like a virus.

Defects in this gene mean it can no longer fulfil its role as a regulator that helps purge the body of autoreactive immune cells termed T cells that can react against the body's own proteins, mistaking them for a foreign invader.

An important area of research focus for NIAID is the immune system, the complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend the body against attacks by foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi.

«In order to protect itself, the body needs to defend against foreign invaders.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

Vitamin C also has been shown to stimulate both the production and function of leukocytes, the white blood cells that protect the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

Dr. Sarah Cimperman, ND @DrCimperman Skin is the body's largest organ and it's our first line of defense against foreign invaders like microbes and environmental toxins.

In a nutshell, whether you're physically stressed, sick, or sleep deprived, your immune system becomes hyperactive, and starts producing white blood cells — your body's first line of defense against foreign invaders like infectious agents.

It is the first line of defense against foreign invaders (such as toxins) in our bodies.

Your immune system is your body's natural defense system against foreign invaders like parasites, bacteria, viruses, microbes and toxins.

The problem with harsh antibacterial soaps that include triclosan, is they completely destroy the natural bacteria that lives on the skin, which is the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders.

sIgA acts as the first line of defense against foreign invaders in the gut by attaching and neutralizing proteins that are unrecognized by the body.

These could be from «normal» food, however, in a undigested / not - completely broken down form, your body thinks they are foreign invaders and attacks these molecules mounting an immune system response against them.

The immune system, which is responsible for protecting the body against viruses, foreign invaders, and bacteria, goes viral.

The above shows how this can help fight off kennel cough in dogs, because white blood cells are your canine's body immune system cells that are involved in fighting against infectious disease and foreign invaders (24).