Sentences with phrase «causing cellular levels»

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Flamingos change color based on their diet and how can we truly understand all of the dynamics at a cellular level to cause a mutation in a bacterium?

An example comes from a patient with familial hypercholesterolemia — a disease that causes high blood levels of «bad» LDL (low - density lipoprotein) cholesterol because a cellular defect prevents the liver from absorbing LDL.

«We are trying to understand the causes of aging by linking the mechanisms that control the oxidation of proteins at the cellular level with the mechanisms that determine the lifespan of the whole organism,» Apfeld says.

Hackermüller suspects that non-coding RNAs have an important function at the epigenetic level, for example as a type of cellular long - term memory: «This could also explain why the health effects caused by exposure to hazardous environmental substances often do not emerge until years later.»

When Gurtner's team analysed the pigs» skin at a cellular level they found that the bandaged wounds had far fewer signs of fibrosis — the overactive growth of connective tissue that causes scarring.

Although the cause of the disease has remained unknown on a cellular level, there have been several different models established to explain its development.

The investigators suggest that the premature loss of estrogen caused by the oophorectomy may affect a series of aging mechanisms at the cellular and tissue level across the whole body leading to diseases in multiple systems and organs.

Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men's urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and that low levels of BPA exposure can cause cellular changes in both non-malignant and malignant prostate cells.

Bearden says she and her team are collaborating with other scientists to investigate brain structural differences in animal models, to find out what causes them at the cellular level.

While the disease is caused by a single gene mutation, the manifestation of the disease at a molecular level is nevertheless highly complex and involves multiple cellular processes.

«Lots of things bind to heparan sulfate to trigger various cellular responses, but when active heparanase levels are high, the receptors become degraded, so bound molecules are released and can cause damage to the local tissues,» said Agelidis.

While ferrous sulphate had no effect, both ferric citrate and ferric EDTA caused an increase in cellular levels of amphiregulin, a biomarker for cancer.

«A long - standing mystery among researchers was how the buildup of this mutant huntingtin caused cells to degrade and die, but previous technology made it virtually impossible to monitor this process at the cellular level.

They found that the genetic mutation associated with Leigh's disease compromised ATP levels, and this reduction of ATP was enough to cause significant cellular dysfunction.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study from the Gladstone Institutes shows for the first time that impairments in mitochondria — the brain's cellular power plants — can deplete cellular energy levels and cause neuronal dysfunction in a model of neurodegenerative disease.

The level of detail gained in this work was, and still is, unique in that it allows the observation of changes in behavior caused by changing occurring at the cellular and network level.

«Our study showed that alcoholic patients have a shortened telomere length, which means that heavy drinking causes biological aging at a cellular level,» Yamaki said.

Microscopic specks of soot, dirt, acid, and other pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere in metropolitan areas (cars, factories, construction sites, etc.), and when these particles come into contact with your skin, they penetrate deep into the layers of the epidermis, causing inflammation, dehydration, and reactions on the cellular level.

Turmeric not only tackles the environmental cause of man boobs by blocking the effects of estrogen on a cellular level, and helping to boost testosterone, but it also has a big impact on your genes.

Abundant cellular glucose, caused by high blood glucose levels, enable them to reproduce and generate immune - impairing proteins more prolifically.

Discussing cancer at the cellular level is totally different than talking about what causes cancer at the systemic level.

It is thermogenic, meaning that caffeine has the ability to rev up your cells, causing them to produce more heat at the cellular level.

It's one of the most powerful medical diets there is because it addresses the main causes of illness and it rebuilds a human being at a cellular level.

Fatigue in menopause is caused by hormonal changes; hormones such as estrogen regulate energy use at a cellular level, so when hormone levels drops during menopause, so too do energy levels.

Free radicals can cause damage to our bodies at the cellular level, lowering our immunity to diseases and causing us to age faster.

So to bring it all together: concentrated insulin causes excess glucose absorption on the local cellular level, leading to increased glycolysis, resulting in excess glycolysis products above the ATP needs of the cell, which leads to a shunting of lipogenesis.

They work much deeper at the root cause and cellular level to establish equilibrium in the energy of the cells and restore normal function, physiologically and metabolically.

NF - kB translates stress by activating genes to produce proteins called cytokines that cause inflammation at cellular level — a reaction that is useful as a short - lived fight - or - flight reaction, but if persistent leads to a higher risk of cancer, accelerated aging and psychiatric disorders like depression.

To truly address the causes of aging skin, you need to go straight to the source — to the cellular level — where aging happens.

Such adaptations include shifts in muscle fiber type, alterations in fascicle length and pennation angle, and alterations in factors at the extracellular and cellular level affecting specific tension, which cause an increase in the strength - to - size ratio.

As our bodies age and move through life they accumulate more and more toxins, bacteria and free radicals which cause lasting and significant harm to the body, often at a cellular level.

Additionally, JNK decreases the production of energy providing molecules (ATP, if you want a lil» Bio101 throwback) which causes proteins not to function correctly at the cellular level and fatigue to ensue.

The foundation behind PAP, on a cellular level, is that this style of training enhances the binding rates of contractile proteins which causes faster muscle contractions.

Remove the cause (Undigested Foods) from faulty eating habits that constitutes it as an «Acid Forming Diet» which is poisoning humans on a cellular diseased level and you will eliminate a host of diseased conditions such as Digestive Disorders (Colitis, Crohns», Acid Reflux), Skin Diseases, Cancer, Heart Disease, Strokes, Alzheimers, Blood Disorders and countless of many other diseases that results from eating an «Acid Forming Diet».

Normal blood sugar levels have been continually revised downward over the past several decades as it's determined that current levels cause cellular damage.

Unlike conventional medicine, which addresses symptoms and merely manages diseases, PEMFs address many of today's ailments at the root of the cause — at the cellular level!

Even olive oil, a monounsaturated fat considered to be healthy, can cause imbalances at the cellular level if consumed in large amounts.

Biossance Squalane + Phyto Retinol Serum, $ 78: The retinol that you typically see in anti-aging serums can cause biochemical changes at the cellular level, and it increases photosensitivity which accelerates aging and development of skin tumors.

As cells become more insulin resistant, the pancreas faithfully cranks out even more insulin, causing levels of C - reactive protein to rise in the body — which triggers cellular inflammation.

We now know at the cellular and molecular level how saturated fat causes this.

It is important to understand that cellular changes will occur to the lining of the womb caused by the elevated levels of oestrogens.

The rapid repetitive contractions occur all the way down to the cellular level, causing a more permeable cellular wall allowing increased uptake of oxygen and nutrients.

Chronic low level toxins accumulate and modify cellular functions and cause inflammation, insulin resistance and oncogenic events.

Oxidative damage can be caused by several factors, especially by those factors on the cellular level.

People that do heavy exercising can lower their glutamine levels causing stress to their body and immune systems.18 For that reason supplementing with glutamine can be an important part of a serious athlete's program or someone challenged with loss of muscle, or just wanting to help maintain optimal immune function while under heavy stress.7 - 23 Glutamine supplements cause a rapid rise in cellular glutamine levels and glutamine stores in muscle.

Elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels combined with blood glucose abnormalities and obesity cause damage to the cellular matrix of the liver and brain that worsen with time.

Glutamine supplements cause a rapid rise in cellular glutamine levels and glutamine stores in muscle.

High cellular calcium levels cause muscle contraction with cramps or spasms as a common cause of pain.

The end result of the hydrogenation process is a completely unnatural fat that causes dysfunction and chaos in your body on a cellular level...... your body doesn't know what to do with it.

Trudy and Kris Homme discuss the poisoning effects mercury can have at both the molecular level, where it blocks enzymes and displaces minerals, and at the cellular and organ level, where it destroys barriers like the gut and brain causing mitochondrial dysfunction — potentially causing anxiety.