Sentences with phrase «causes abnormal cell»

«We need to understand better the relationship between a disease that causes abnormal cell death and one that causes abnormal cell growth,» Benito - León said.

They're harmless, but do keep an eye on the size and quantity of these spots, since having six or more that are larger than a quarter may be a sign of neurofibromatosis (a genetic disorder that causes abnormal cell growth of the nerve tissue).

Although these spots themselves are harmless, if some of the spots are bigger than a 50 cent coin, then it could be due to Neurofibromatosis (NF), which is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that causes abnormal cell growth of nerve tissues or benign tumours to form on the nerves anywhere in the body at any time.

There is no treatment for HPV itself, but if you have high - risk HPV, it could cause abnormal cell changes that might lead to cancer.

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Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition caused by an abnormal rapid multiplication of skin cells.

The abnormal bleeding and bruising occur in part because of the decreased number of platelets in the blood and also because the cancerous cells release substances that cause excessive bleeding.

It occurs when something goes wrong during the fertilisation process, and is caused by an abnormal cell growth of all or part of the placenta.

In addition to shedding light on how abnormal glia can cause schizophrenia, the study underlined how readily mouse brains accept human cells.

«Chronic inflammation of the intestine is thought to be caused by abnormal interactions between gut microbes, intestinal epithelial cells and the immune system, but so far it has been impossible to determine how each of these factors contribute to the development of intestinal bowel disease,» said Hyun Jung Kim, Ph.D., former Wyss Technology Development Fellow and first author on the study, speaking about the limitations of conventional in vitro and animal models of bacterial overgrowth and inflammation of the intestines.

This elusive stability must be achieved before stem cell supplies can be kept on hand until it is time to turn them into replacements for say misshapen red blood cells seen in sickle cell anemia or abnormal white blood cells causing leukemia.

Chronic alcohol consumption causes abnormal fat accumulation in liver cells (steatosis) and liver fibrosis, which can lead to hepatitis, cirrhosis, and sometimes liver cancer.

This abnormal binding causes more VCP accumulation on the mitochondria,» Nerve cells with VCP - mutant huntingtin interacting inside them became dysfunctional and self - destructed.

Deep brain stimulation is used in Parkinson's disease to trigger brain cell activity and prevent the abnormal signalling that causes debilitating tremors, but placing the electrodes required is highly invasive.

People with the transthyretin amyloidosis have mutations in the DNA of the transthyretin gene, which causes abnormal buildup and deposits of a transport protein called transthyretin in nerve and heart cells.

The disease is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to abnormal clumps of protein in the brain, eventually resulting in the atrophy and death of nerve cells.

The MIT team also found no markers indicating that the electric fields caused abnormal inflammation, DNA damage, or cell death in the targeted tissue.

Similar to the naturally occurring effects of TET2 mutations in mice or humans, using molecular biology techniques to turn off TET2 in mice caused abnormal stem cell behavior.

Abnormal cells can cause the heart to beat faster or irregularly, resulting in AF.

In sickle cell anemia, a single genetic mutation leads to abnormal, crescent - shaped red blood cells that clot in tiny blood vessels throughout the body, causing severe pain and eventual organ damage.

Lymphomas are caused by an abnormal proliferation of white blood cells and can occur at any age.

This caused atypical growth of blood - forming stem cells that were more likely to produce the abnormal B cells most common in B - ALL.

What these illnesses have in common is that they're caused by abnormal proteins that accumulate in or between brain cells to form plaques, producing damage that causes mental decline and early death.

These pathologies fall broadly into four categories: coagulopathy, where abnormal blood clotting is caused; haemorrhaging, where bleeding occurs; neurotoxicity, which damages the nervous system causing paralysis, and cytotoxicity, where the bite causes death of cells and destruction of tissue.

Neurocutaneous disorders are caused by abnormal development of cells in the embryonic stage, leading to tumors in various parts of the body, including the skin, organs, bones, brain and spinal cord.

Aneuploidy is a condition in which cells contain an abnormal number of chromosomes, and is known to be the cause of many types of cancer and genetic disorders, including Down Syndrome.

The symptoms of many diseases are caused by unwanted cell death, and the pathogens could be triggering abnormal cell suicide.

«The genome of these cancer cells is less abnormal as compared to cancers caused by tobacco and alcohol, where there are even more mutations present,» he says.

Abnormal hemoglobin, the protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen, causes sickle cells to acquire their crescent shape and rigidity.

It is believed to result from a combination of genetics and environmental factors such as irritants and allergens that drive T lymphocytes to produce factors that cause abnormal changes in keratinocytes, the predominant cell type in the outermost layer of skin, as well as changes in other cells in the underlying dermis.

«The abnormal activity in the regulation of the activity of the ATF4 probably causes the cell to «feel» that is under stress, that is — overactive.

Hutchinson - Gilford progeria is caused by a spontaneous mutation during conception in a gene called LMNA, which encodes a protein called prelamin A. Progeria patients experience a buildup of an abnormal version of prelamin A in their cells that, among other changes, distorts the nucleus and alters gene expression.

A variety of genetic alterations can cause abnormal white blood cells to proliferate and crowd out the normal blood cells.

Changing the epigenetic code of a single gene is enough to cause a healthy breast cell to begin a chain reaction and become abnormal, according to research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

«For the first time, we now have cellular evidence of abnormal signaling in cells derived from women with PMDD, and a plausible biological cause for their abnormal behavioral sensitivity to estrogen and progesterone,» explained Schmidt.

A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T - cells that cause T - cell lymphomas could offer hope to patients with the aggressive and difficult - to - treat family of cancers, finds a study involving researchers from Cardiff University.

Working with Tanz researcher Tetsuro Murakami and with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and Columbia University, they focused initially on the FUS protein, and discovered that these abnormal clumps could actually be a very important player in causing nerve cell damage and ALS.

abdominal pain (caused by abnormal blood cells building up in organs like the kidneys, liver, or spleen)

What these illnesses have in common is that they're caused by abnormal proteins that accummulate in or between brain cells to form plaques, producing damage that causes mental decline and early death.

Abnormal proteins found in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease all share a similar ability to cause damage when they invade brain cells

A tumor is an abnormal growth in the body caused by cells that multiply without stopping.

One common cause of false positives are so - called «high - risk» lesions that appear suspicious on mammograms and have abnormal cells when tested by needle biopsy.

Each of these various kinds of abnormal cells occur in different tissues, and the problems they cause are distinct from one another.

Each MPN is a different condition, but they are thought to be caused by an abnormal cancer stem cell that may have acquired genetic mutations that make it unable to produce blood cells normally

Understanding the conditions that cause these cells to go off to different fates may have a bearing on health problems such as ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when the embryo develops outside of the womb in about 1 of 60 pregnancies, or molar pregnancy, which is abnormal tissue growth within the uterus that affects about 1 in every 1,000 pregnancies.

Increasing the amount of either miR - 142 or miR - 150 causes excessive cell growth in breast tissue and can form abnormal breast tissue in mice.

The dementia in the other half appeared to have been caused by abnormal protein deposits (known as Lewy bodies), stroke - related tissue death (microinfarcts), cell damage, or some combination thereof.

But physicians and scientists have learned to develop antibodies that can target agents that cause disease: tumors, abnormal immune cells, and now CGRP,» Berliner explained.

In 2006, Shelia Gannon was close to the end of a losing battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a form of cancer that causes abnormal blood formation and a shortage of red and normal white blood cells and platelets.

Abnormal Krebs cycle and / or oxidative phosphorylation cause (s) not only glucose hypometabolism but also the increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxidative damage, and programmed cell death such as apoptosis.

Ellagic acid is a hunter of cancerigenous chemicals, inactivating them, impeding the capacity of other chemicals to trigger abnormal mutations into pathogens Moreover, Ellagic Acid from meeker red raspberries inhibits binding of carcer causing material to DNA, reducing the extent of the condition in cultured cells vulnerable to carcinogens.