Sentences with phrase «cell of the immune system»

The lack of the enzyme causes a build - up of toxins which stop the T cells of the immune system from maturing.

It is an autoimmune disease caused by cells of the immune system mistakenly attacking and destroying the insulin - producing cells of the pancreas.

The current research findings build upon recent discoveries including novel identification of key genetic changes in cells of the immune system.

Her research focuses on understanding how signaling pathways control gene expression, using T cells and other cells of the immune system as models.

In particular it is important for the development of several kinds of cells of the immune system.

These then grow into all types of blood cells, including the white blood cells of the immune system.

A high level of diversification occurs naturally in the B cells of the immune system, which produce antibodies.

Studies have suggested that the compounds may also act on cells of the immune system to prevent excessive inflammation but until now it was not clear how the process works.

The T cells of the immune system travel with the blood.

Scientists have known for several years that certain «regulatory» cells of the immune system keep immune responses in check.

Within the bone marrow, the virus is responsible for destruction of young cells of the immune system.

Certain molecules on tumors can serve as targets for attack by cells of the immune system.

The same goes for nutrients and the T cells of the immune system.

The binding of antibodies can render key components of a microbe necessary for invasion or even survival ineffective or in some cases signal other cells of the immune system called macrophages to consume and remove the microbe.

Macrophages are important cells of the immune system and widely represented in the liver and playing an active role in inflammation and formation of scar tissue in the liver.

Then it infects various cells of the immune system, which it tricks into making more copies of itself.

They fused mouse B cells — antibody - producing cells of the immune system — with human myeloma (also known as B cell cancer) cell lines in a new technique called hybridoma technology.

In that month, there are millions of chance encounters between cells of the immune system and the vaccine, and then a period where many times as many cells randomly stitch and mutate bits of DNA in an attempt to build working antibodies.

«HIV - 1 infects cells of the immune system called CD4 + T cells,» the authors further explain.

(NaturalHealth365) Like a reliable wake - up call, Reishi mushrooms activate the disease - fighting cells of your immune system, pushing them to aggressively combat cancer and other diseases.

Dagmar Gotthardt and colleagues at the Vetmeduni Vienna now show that blocking STAT3 in cells of the immune system actually leads to increased anti-tumour immunity.

For immunization, these injectable hydrogels could be administered like standard vaccines, but stimulate specific cells of the immune system for longer, controlled periods of time and potentially avoid the need for boosters.»

In addition, the studies indirectly raise provocative issues regarding the potential effect of these alternative routes of immunization in targeting specialized cells of the immune system to enhance the immunogenicity of certain vaccine antigens, particularly in populations such as the elderly and those with chronic diseases, who may not have a robust response to antigenic challenge.

Tryptase, when secreted by mast cells of the immune system in the lung, can induce many of the symptoms of an asthma attack.

The spirochete infects the B - lymphocyte cells of the immune system, the very cells that are supposed to produce antibodies to fight the infection, therefore paralyzing the immune system.

Likewise, certain cells of the immune system called immunoglobulins are dependent on proteins for their synthesis.

The anomaly leaves sufferers without an enzyme, adenosine deaminase (ADA), and the resulting buildup of toxins prevents the T cells of the immune system from maturing.

In case of inflammation, the T cells of the immune system reach the inflamed area and heal it quicker.

The T cells of the immune system along with nutrients reach the inflamed area sooner.

They hypothesized there was probably a marked division of tasks between different cells of the immune system: those that help the production of antibodies (T follicular helper) and those that stop the production of antibodies against our own tissues (T follicular regulatory).

Mast cells, also known as «allergy cells,» are cells of the immune system which become activated by environmental allergens.

While most of us are aware that our immune system protects us from infection, we may be less aware of the key role that cells of the immune system also play in coordinating the repair of damaged tissue.

In autoimmune disease, the opposite problem occurs: For reasons still unclear, cells of the immune system mistakenly turn against healthy tissues such as insulin - making pancreatic beta cells (causing juvenile diabetes) or the fatty sheaths that protect nerves (multiple sclerosis).

Now, instead of our drugs targeting only diseased cells, we can target the immune system and provoke cells of the immune system to do the job for us,» said E. John Wherry, Ph.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

On the contrary, short - chain fatty acids, first and foremost propionic acid (or its salt propionate), lead to the development and propagation of regulatory cells of the immune system in the intestinal wall.

When an infection attacks the body for the first time, T cells of the immune system help fight off that specific pathogen.

Sometimes it takes a long time to solve a puzzle: In 1893, German surgeon G. Reinbach discovered that tumor tissue is often infiltrated by special cells of the immune system called eosinophils.

Just as cells of the immune system use antibodies to recognize pathogens, researchers in this study designed antibodies to recognize a protein over-expressed by these cancer cells, namely the protein mesothelin.

Cells of the immune system respond to a changing environment by adjusting their phenotype and immune functions.

In this syndrome, cells of the immune system infiltrate the heart muscle and misinterpret myosin, the main structural protein of heart muscle, as being a foreigner.

«Cells of the immune system communicate by passing small protein messages, and genetic studies have shown that different people will be predisposed to make different amounts of message, or even slightly different messages.

Steinman discovered the dendritic cells of the immune system and their unique capacity to activate and regulate adaptive immunity, the later stage of the immune response during which microorganisms are cleared from the body.

The bugs then take up residence inside cells of the immune system called macrophages.

They are sometimes known as the sentinel cells of the immune system, constantly patrolling the borders of the body that form the physical barriers to the outside world — the skin and the inner linings of the lungs, nose, stomach and gut.

Several cells of the immune system can store vitamin C and require it to perform their task, especially phagocytes and t - cells.

In this article, we have only addressed factors that directly affect the NK cells of the immune system.

It stimulates the production of white blood cells, which are key cells of our immune system and protect the body from foreign invaders.

Lymph is a fluid that circulates in the body, transporting cells of the immune system (macrophages and lymphocytes) to sites where they are needed and draining areas where excess fluid or debris has accumulated, such as occurs with inflammation.