Sentences with phrase «by abnormal blood vessel»

Ultimately, Wars2 provides researchers and pharmaceutical companies a fresh new target for developing treatments for diseases characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth that may be more effective and specific or complementary to what is currently available.

Since the majority of severe visual loss is caused by abnormal blood vessels growing beneath the retina, a massive effort is underway to identify methods of arresting this process.

Not exact matches

Two protein molecules that fit together as lock and key seem to promote the abnormal formation of blood vessels in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, who found that the substances are present at higher levels in the joints of patients affected by the disease.

Earlier research by other scientists has shown that the drug verteporfin, used to treat abnormal blood vessel formation in the eye, acts on the YAP pathway inhibiting the protein's YAP function.

The device can treat either form of age - related macular degeneration: the dry stage, where the delicate tissues of the macula become thinned and slowly lose function, or the less common wet stage that's caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels behind the macula.

In this study, we found that chloroquine not only has an effect on the growth of the cancer cells, but also makes the tumor environment less aggressive by normalizing the abnormal blood vessels in the tumor,» says Patrizia Agostinis.

However, a recent study by investigators at VIB and KU Leuven has demonstrated that chloroquine also normalizes the abnormal blood vessels in tumors.

Many diseases are characterised by abnormal or poor blood vessel formation.

Linda Shavit, MD (University College London Medical School, in the UK, and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Israel) and her colleagues wondered whether the heart problems experienced by kidney stone formers might be due to abnormal deposits of calcium in their blood vessels.

Roughly 20 percent of patients with age - related macular degeneration suffer from abnormal blood vessel growth and vascular leakage, says Campochiaro, and so may be helped by this new therapy, if it proves to work in clinical trials.

Experts believe migraine headaches are caused by abnormal brain activity, including dilation and constriction of the blood vessels within the brain.

When this breakdown happens, the immune system responds by releasing products that cause an inflammatory reaction, activating abnormal clotting in the mother's lungs and blood vessels that can result in a serious blood - clotting disorder known as disseminated intravascular coagulation.

High blood pressure refers to the abnormal elevation of the pressure exerted by blood — specifically blood in the arteries — against the walls of the blood vessels and the organs those vessels supply.

This is an abnormal blood vessel that allows the blood to bypass the liver, preventing blood to get cleansed by one of the body's filters (the liver).

Conversly, the «wet» form of macular degeneration is characterized by the growth of abnormal blood vessels from the choroid underneath the macula which then go on to create «blind spots» in a patient's field of vision.