Sentences with phrase «by cells throughout the body»

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Combating inflammation According to the JNCI, Capsaicin blocks the activation of nuclear transcription factors in the cells» nuclei that, when activated by exogenous or endogenous free radicals or toxins, cause inflammation throughout the stomach and body.

It is commonly known that calcium is required for strong bones and teeth, but it is little acknowledged that calcium is actually required by every cell in the body to function in a healthful way: from bones to nerves and muscles to blood, calcium serves a significant purpose throughout the body.

Previously, Derek Danahy of the University of Iowa and colleagues showed that sepsis disrupts the immune system by reducing the amount and function of memory T cells that circulate throughout the body, recognizing and attacking specific bacteria, viruses, or cancer cells.

Chien Ho, professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and his colleagues have developed a novel way to improve delivery of chemotherapy nanodrugs by using Intralipid ®, an FDA - approved nutrition source to temporarily blunt the reticuloendothelial system — a network of cells and tissues found throughout the body, including in the blood, lymph nodes, spleen and liver, that play an important role in the immune system.

After more than six years of research, the research team led by María Soengas, head of CNIO's Melanoma Group, showed that RAB7 acts as an orchestra director, determining the fate of melanoma cells: at high concentrations of RAB7, cellular autodigestion is very active, and this allows tumor cells to obtain energy, prevent the accumulation of toxic components and thus divide and proliferate; when RAB7 is reduced, cells use endosomes to recycle metastatic proteins, favouring their dispersal throughout the body.

Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Claire Lugassy and Dr. Raymond Barnhill at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new study provides additional support for a process by which melanoma cells, a deadly form of skin cancer, can spread throughout the body by creeping like tiny spiders along the outside of blood vessels without ever entering the blood stream, and that this process is exacerbated by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light.

Research published on August 7th in PLOS Pathogens comparing the two pathogens reveals how S. Typhi avoids recognition and elimination by patrolling immune cells called neutrophils, allowing it to disseminate throughout the patient's body.

Chemotherapies are potent toxins delivered into the bloodstream to kill tumor cells throughout the body by damaging DNA in rapidly dividing cells.

This powerful hormone rapidly sweeps throughout the body where it is recognised by receptors on all body cells.

The compound 3 - deazauridine stopped HIV by creating so many mutations in the virus that the virus was no longer able to spread throughout the body by infecting other cells.

Stromal cells that reside in the lymph nodes throughout the body manufacture proteins identical to those made by gut cells and use them to train T cells to ignore certain proteins.

Now, a new approach developed by Dr. Ekaterina Galanzha of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and her colleagues allows for labeling and tracking of individual circulating cancer cells throughout the body, thereby helping researchers elucidate the pathways of single cells from start to finish.

Throughout the day, the pancreas regulates the body's blood sugar levels, responding to an increase in glucose after a meal by secreting insulin, which helps cells take up the sugar.

Arterial tone is regulated in large part by the influx of calcium through voltage-gated calcium (CaV channels, which are found in the membranes of excitable cells throughout the body.

«That T - cells, activated by immunotherapy prior to surgery, can intercept rogue tumor cells throughout the body after the patient's operation and prevent the cancer from recurring may be a game - changer.

Previous work by Fredberg and colleagues had documented the importance of collective cellular behavior in asthma, showing that cells comprising epithelial tissues — which line the surfaces of all organs throughout the body — can unjam and flow like a fluid, or jam and freeze like a solid.

anemia A disease caused by not having enough red blood cells to carry oxygen efficiently throughout the body.

As red blood cells circulate throughout the body, iron latches onto oxygen brought in by the lungs.

The tool, in particular, could be ideal for both these diseases, scientists think, because each is caused by mutations in a single gene that makes hemoglobin, the protein in the red blood cells that transports oxygen throughout the body.

Lymph nodes are small glands located throughout the body that filter bacteria, viruses — even cancer cells — that are then destroyed by special white blood cells.

Since macrophages travel throughout the body and live for a long time, the β - Glucan fragments in the macrophages spread throughout the body and are recognized by other innate immune system cells.

By increasing blood flow, saunas enhance the availability of fresh blood cells throughout the body, providing the availability of oxygen to the muscles.

In fact, it is required by every cell that is present and is stored in bones, DNA, cell membranes throughout the body and teeth.

Glucose can be used by virtually every cell in the body, and circulates freely throughout the body.

Of those 159 participants, virtually all were found to have heightened levels of adiponectin, a hormone that is intended to be helpful by helping the body use insulin in the delivery of fuels like glucose to cells throughout the body.

It is a molecule that our body makes to help its cells talk with each other by sending signals throughout the body.

In addition to the fuel source while fasting, ProLon is the only FMD designed to trigger autophagy in the body (a repair process in which damaged proteins, organelles, and entire cells self - destruct) followed by a period of stem - cell based renewal for rejuvenation throughout the body.

Even in healthy individuals, prolonged high levels of insulin caused by consuming free sugars and highly processed starches, has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.2 And inflammation in the body can also trigger depression.3 By reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseaseby consuming free sugars and highly processed starches, has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.2 And inflammation in the body can also trigger depression.3 By reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseaseBy reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseases.

Drugs like prednisone work by stimulating cells throughout the body to give up cholesterol and other nutrients, and then carrying them to the site of injury.

Choline promotes the breakdown of fat by transporting dietary fats throughout the body to your cells so they are promptly burned for energy.

LDL transports cholesterol produced by your liver and cells throughout your body.

It protects against anemia by increasing the production of red blood cells, which move oxygen throughout the body.

Researchers found that curcumin fights abnormal cell mutations at their root cause by derailing the initiation phase of ten different pathways that cause them to multiply and spread throughout the body.

With an earthy bitter taste — these greens have a reputation for helping to regenerate and reactivate red blood cells by supplying oxygen throughout the body.

Our bio rhythms are governed by powerfully precise timekeeping cells found throughout the body.

Estrogen is taken up by testosterone receptor sites in cells throughout the body.

Dietary phytates are «quickly absorbed from the [digestive] tract and rapidly taken up» by cancer cells throughout the body, and has been shown to inhibit the growth of all tested cancerous cell lines.

[1] One of these proteins is hemoglobin, a complex protein used by red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body.

This itching is caused by the release of histamines from mast cells located throughout the body.

Insulin works by binding with receptors on cells throughout the body much like a key fits into a lock.

Its technology, which harvests tissue from an injured animal and delivers the animal's own healing stem cells back to the site of the injury and throughout the body by IV, is nothing short of a modern miracle.