Sentences with phrase «cause cell breakdown»

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Malfunctioning mitochondria can cause problems in every cell in the body, contributing massive stress to our internal environment, increasing inflammation, rapid breakdown of tissues, and eventually degeneration of the human body (AKA rapid aging).
However, there may be other conditions that cause an exaggeration of this type of jaundice, such as a more rapid than normal breakdown of red blood cells.
However, there may be other conditions which cause an exaggeration of this type of jaundice, such as a more rapid than normal breakdown of red blood cells.
This is jaundice and is caused by a normal breakdown of old red blood cells resulting in an increased amount of bilirubin.
It's caused by too much bilirubin (a breakdown product of red blood cells).
Montani suspects that the breakdown of neurons could be caused by reduced synthesis of lipids in the myelinating cells of the nervous system, among other factors.
The researchers were testing the theory that blows to the head cause brain damage, in part, because of the breakdown of the blood - brain barrier, allowing the immune cells in the blood to come into contact with brain cells and destroy them.
In well - off countries such as the United States, where 1.3 million people are legally blind, the most common causes involve the breakdown of cells in the retina.
Studies in the Orr - Weaver lab have illuminated fundamental aspects of this process, known as the cell cycle, and shed new light on a broad range of diseases caused by breakdowns in cell division, including cancer and certain birth defects.
A 2016 Australian animal study found that high cholesterol appears to cause the breakdown of cartilage cells — and may ultimately lead to osteoarthritis.
This can slow the cell renewal process and cause the skin to pull the necessary moisture and nutrients from within, leading to collagen breakdown over time (aka wrinkles!).
Saturated fat causes more of those toxic breakdown products and mitochondrial dysfunction, and increases oxidative stress, free radicals, and inflammation, establishing a vicious cycle of events in which saturated fat - induced free radicals cause dysfunction in the little power plants within our muscle cells, which causes an increase in free radical production and the impairment of insulin signaling.
It helps to kill cancer cells as well as strength the liver to breakdown cancer causing chemicals.
Aging causes the breakdown of your body's cells, and the reduction of regeneration of those cells as we did in our younger days.
So again, it's the rapid dropping of estrogen that causes inflammation and results in the stimulation of cells that increase bone breakdown.
Oxidative damage, another name for the chemical reaction that free radicals cause, can lead to a breakdown or even hardening of lipids, which makeup all cell walls.
This can also cause issues like increased inflammation, which can lead to accelerated aging or cell breakdown.
Antioxidants fight the free radical damage (the breakdown of skin cells) that causes the inflammation that leads to skin issues like aging, acne, irritation, sun spots and dullness.
In fat cells, glucagon causes the breakdown of fats into free fatty acids which are released into the circulation to provide another source of fuel for our bodies.
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain.
Hemolysis is an acceleration in the breakdown of red blood cells, causing a surplus of depleted cells and iron that can lead to enlarged lymph nodes, spleen or liver.
With prolonged drug suppression, stress, or immune system breakdown, the cancerous cells develop into a mass that absorbs vital nutrients, presses against surrounding tissues, and may eventually cause death.
Without joint fluid these cells breakdown, causing cracks in the cartilage.
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