Sentences with phrase «cell disorder characterized»

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Lambert - Eaton syndrome, an autoimmune disorder frequently associated with small - cell carcinoma of the lung, is characterized by impaired evoked release of acetylcholine from the motor nerve terminal.

In rare cases the bite also can cause a severe illness called systemic loxoscelism, characterized by a blood clotting disorder and hemolysis, destruction of red blood cells.

By identifying novel genes and molecular pathways involved in shaping a taste cell's function, these findings may someday allow scientists to treat taste disorders, characterize new taste qualities, or even fine - tune a person's taste perception to encourage healthier eating.

Most MGUS cases are never diagnosed; MGUS is characterized by a detectable M protein without evidence for end - organ damage or other related plasma cell or lymphoproliferative disorders.

By identifying the quality control mechanisms that normally operate in cells, Li and other scientists are providing information that may prove relevant to treating disorders characterized by misfolded proteins.

Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease (after the famed New York Yankee slugger who succumbed to it in 1941 at age 37), ALS is a poorly understood, incurable disorder characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons (nerve cells that control voluntary motion).

Genodermatoses are characterized by genetic disorders of the skin affecting mainly either keratinocytes or melanocytes the two majors cell types of the epidermis.

A form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell - mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels.

Metabolic disorders related to obesity - associated insulin resistance have been characterized by an increased influx of inflammatory cells into adipose tissue (41).

Intractable diseases, disorders, and injuries are characterized by cell death or aberrant cellular function.

«We were therefore surprised to find that it also plays important roles in neurons, which don't divide, and in a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by a loss of these brain cells.»

Also, we demonstrated here for the first time that a myc - immortalized cell line could be successfully reprogrammed, opening new avenues for the study of several previously characterized immortalized cell lines that are relevant for the biological understanding of several disorders.

Corticobasal degeneration is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy (shrinkage) of various regions of the brain, including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia (which helps to start and control movements, as well as other functions).

The authors were able to correct mutations in several well - characterized genetic disorders, including: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Achondroplasia, and MECP2 - duplication syndrome using cells derived from human patients.

Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by a severely low number of megakaryocytes, a type of bone marrow cell that makes platelets that are important for clotting and preventing bleeding.

Type 1 Diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a loss of function of insulin producing beta cells in pancreatic islets of langerhans leading to insulin insufficiency.

ECYT4 is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by increased serum red blood cell mass, elevated hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit, and normal platelet and leukocyte counts.

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder characterized by anemia, episodes of pain, and frequent infections.

Psoriasis is an auto - immune disorder characterized by increased inflammatory attack against the skin cells.

Psoriasis - Pathophysiology, Conventional, and Alternative Approaches to Treatment Alternative Medicine Review 2007 (Dec); 12 (4): 319 — 330 ~ FULL TEXT Psoriasis is a common T - cell - mediated immune disorder characterized by circumscribed, red, thickened plaques with an overlying silver - white scale.

This disorder, which is the result of a relative or absolute insulin deficiency or of peripheral cell insensitivity to insulin, is characterized by high blood glucose concentrations such that the renal threshold is exceeded.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic therapy.