Sentences with phrase «called myeloid»

One of these escape mechanisms involves a type of immune cell called myeloid - derived suppressor cells (MDSCs).

The researchers then assessed the prevalence of a kind of immune cell called a myeloid cell, which were derived from the donated stem cells in the blood of the recipient mice, at eight and 16 weeks after transplantation.

The cells, called myeloid - derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), are found abundantly in the microenvironment around tumors.

In this process, several hundred times more cells of the so - called myeloid lineage (thrombocytes, erythrocytes, granulocytes, monocytes) form than long - lived lymphocytes (T cells, B cells, natural killer cells) do.

Not exact matches

Changes in the genetic code (mutations) that reduce TET2 function are found in 10 percent of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 30 percent of those with a form of pre-leukemia called myelodysplastic syndrome, and in nearly 50 percent of patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

They used immortalized myeloid precursor cells — so - called ERHoxb8 cells — which multiply almost endlessly in a test tube and, under certain conditions, can develop into immune cells.

Dr Xu showed that for BET inhibitors to successfully kill lymphoma and myeloid leukemia cells the presence of a protein called BIM, which brings on apoptosis, was critical.

Self - renewal of blast crisis chronic myeloid leukemia cells was reduced by approximately 40 percent when treated with the small molecule, called 8 - Aza, as compared to untreated cells.

In February 1999 her life changed completely when she discovered that she had a common form of leukaemia called chronic myeloid leukaemia.

The saliva triggers an immune response in which white blood cells called neutrophils and myeloid cells rush to the site.

Gerrit Jan Schuurhuis of the Free University Medical Center in Amsterdam and his colleagues recently identified the new marker, called C - type lectin - like molecule - 1 or CLL - 1, in 92 percent of people with a form of acute myeloid leukemia.

A few years ago, Singh and colleagues identified a transcription factor called PU.1 that acts as the primary signal, a central genetic switch to initiate development of myeloid progenitor cells.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a rapidly - developing cancer in the myeloid line of blood cells, which is responsible for producing red blood cells, platelets and several types of white blood cells called granulocytes.

Abnormalities in a gene called FLT3 (pronounced flit - 3) are common among patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

A drug called dasatinib was found to be safe and effective for children with chronic myeloid leukemia, according to a clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Their system was based on earlier studies in which Singh and his colleagues identified a transcription factor called PU.1 as a central genetic switch that triggers development of myeloid progenitor cells.

Inhibiting a protein called BRD4 critical to the survival of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells has shown to be an effective therapeutic strategy...

Susanna Greer, director of clinical research and immunology for the American Cancer Society, called the new vaccine «a really tremendous discovery» that «changes the ball game for acute myeloid leukemia.»