Sentences with phrase «body cells against»

Fruits and vegetables act as antioxidants to protect body cells against free radicals.

They are known for being high in an antioxidant called sulforaphane, which helps protect the body cells against UV radiation.

Not exact matches

Interleukin - 1 is important for developing the killer T cell response against the virus, but it also affects the part of the brain in the hypothalamus that regulates body temperature, resulting in fever and headaches.

Hoping to learn something about how the human body defends itself against cancer, he had zeroed in on a complex regiment of lymphocytes called T cells, common to the immune systems in both mouse and man.

The biotech has been jockeying against main rivals Novartis and Juno to secure a first - to - market advantage with the groundbreaking new medical tech, which turns patients» immune cells into souped - up, re-engineered cancer killers that are then reintroduced into the body.

Studies have shown that their wide array of antioxidants actually inhibit the growth of cancer cells, as well as protecting the body from cardiovascular disease — orange vegetables have been shown to provide the most protection against this disease.

Over the weekend, Neva spent a lot of time smooshing her little puppy body against the double - cell honeycomb blinds that insulate our glass deck door.

The high - level of antioxidants and other phytochemicals found in nuts and seeds help prevent chronic and inflammatory diseases by protecting the body against cell oxidation.

It also boosts the body's immune response against infections and cancer cells and plays an important role in thyroid function and fertility.

[1] It is comprised of a network of cells and organs working together to defend the body against infection and sickness by producing secretions and disease - fighting cells.

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.

Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that protects cells against the damaging effects of free radicals, boosts the immune system, supports cardiovascular health, and helps your body create new red blood cells.

Conveniently, pure orange juice is also a source of the B - vitamin folate, needed for white blood cells (that protect the body against infectious disease) to rapidly reproduce.»

This invigorating antioxidant body treatment protects against damaging environmental aggressors, lightly exfoliates dead skin cells, and deeply moisturizes dehydrated areas for smoother, healthier - looking skin.

Your baby's blood contains much fewer white blood cells than red ones, although your baby's body can already increase production of white blood cells to defend itself against infection.

Breast milk is a great way to improve and increase immunity in children, because it contains antibodies and white blood cells, both of which boost the immune system and help the body to fight against diseases.

Another cool thing about this whole cellular influence, is that it seems like baby's cells infiltrating Moms» bodies actually have helped some women develop stronger immunity against diseases such as Alzheimer's.

This research is still in its infancy so there are no definite conclusions, but it seems that in some cases these cells are helping the woman's body get stronger than it ever was and protecting her against certain diseases.

Antibodies and killer cells, which are able to fight against pathogens invading our bodies, mature in these centres.

The male sex hormone acts on a group of immune cells that are part of the first line of the body's defense against invaders.

Previous work has shown that retinoic acid, a chemical that results from the body's natural breakdown of vitamin A, should act against these CK5 + cells, but clinical trials of retinoids against breast cancer have been largely unsuccessful.

Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though scientists and clinicians have been working for decades to find ways to help the body's immune system detect and attack cancerous cells.

Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body; in other words, the body attacks its own cells.

But a study published by Cell Press March 3rd in Cell Metabolism reveals that dietary salt could have a biological advantage: defending the body against invading microbes.

The researchers studied two types of cells called effector T cells, which activate the immune system to defend our body against different pathogens, and regulatory T cells, which help control the immune system and prevent it from attacking healthy parts of its environment.

Body cells contain large quantities of enzymes called peroxiredoxins that degrade H2O2 and have been believed to act as a protection against the supposedly dangerous H2O2 molecules.

The mouse model could also contribute to the further development of immunotherapies — a method in which the body's immune system is stimulated, so that it intensifies its fight against tumor cells.

The capsule protects the donator's cells against attacks of the immune system but, passes the hormones by semi-permeable walls into the body of the receiver.

In addition to suppressing the mature blood cells battling against the infection, malfunctioning of this signaling system results in permanent damage to the body's blood producing cells — called hematopoietic stem cells — that are located in the bone marrow.

These beverages may give some protection against the ravages of oxidizing chemicals that we breathe in or that cells in our bodies produce as the cells go about their normal housekeeping functions.

Exactly how the tea protects against heart disease remains unclear, but Kuriyama speculates that antioxidant chemicals in green tea, called polyphenols, reduce the action of free radicals in the body, which may damage cells.

This error could result in the overproduction of T cells, which help to protect the body against infections.

One promising strategy in the fight against cancer is to use the body's own immune system to remove tumor cells, but due to a phenomenon called immune tolerance, the immune system has a difficult time identifying which cells to attack.

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.

This is particularly true within the human body, where iron is concealed in cells and large iron - binding proteins as a first line of defense against infection.

In addition to being the first line of defense against pathogenic attack, the immune system seeks out aberrant cells within the body that may become cancerous.

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

Kang found Korean red ginseng extract improved the survival of human lung epithelial cells against RSV infection and inhibited the virus from replicating, or multiplying, in the body.

The immune system protects the body against cancer cells.

The antibodies did in fact activate the CD4 cells but eventually killed them as well, depleting the body's best weapon against HIV.

Knowing the answer is important both as a matter of basic immunology and because NK cells, as crucial members of the body's first line of infection defense, are often the subjects of efforts to harness the immune system in protection against infections and cancer.

For AIDS, the most critical of the T cells is CD4, which would normally coordinate the body's attack against the disease.

In fact, TBK1 may also be a contributor to debilitating diseases such as ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and childhood herpes simplex virus encephalitis, if its connection with ICOS somehow triggers B cell activation and specific antibody production against the body's own cells in ALS or an excessive response to the invading viruses in childhood encephalitis.

ILC3s that lacked Id2 were unable to produce a molecule called IL - 22 that subsequently stimulates other intestinal cells to produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which help protect the body against pathogenic infections.

«Developing a new vaccination strategy against AIDS: The type of vaccine administered and the activation of the body's own immune cells influence the vaccine protection.»

Somewhere down the line, however, HIV gains the upper hand, dismantling the T - cell system and leaving the body defenseless against the opportunistic infections that characterize AIDS.

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.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an immune reaction against material from the body's cellular nuclei leaking out of dying cells.

Scientists were able to selectively target the cells that cause autoimmune disease by dampening down their aggression against the body's own tissues while converting them into cells capable of protecting against disease.

«However, our results clearly show that natural killer cells can also carry out a long - lasting and effective immune reaction against the body's own pigmented cells, including malignant melanoma cells,» says Prof. Dr. Gunther Hartmann, Director of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology of the University of Bonn.