Sentences with phrase «cells form clots»

Clusters of infected cells form clots, blocking the flow of blood.

A microscopic view of blood cells forming a clot, which can clog implanted medical devices and harm patients.

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First author Kim Martinod, a graduate student in the Immunology Graduate Program at the Harvard University Medical School, found that, in response to vein constriction, these «rescued» mice now could function normally, forming clots as efficiently as mice with a functioning Pad4 gene, demonstrating that the Pad4 gene did produce a functioning PAD4 enzyme in these white blood cells to regulate blood clotting.

This process helps to form both a bacteria - killing NET — which is comprised of infection - combatting white blood cells called neutrophils — and the fluffy, scattered ball that comprises a blood clot.

Modeled after platelets — cells that circulate in the blood and help stop bleeding by forming clots — the nanoparticles are less than 100 nm wide and made of synthetic polymers stuck together like a ball of wet sand.

Shiqi Peng, Ming Zhao and colleagues note that aspirin lowers cardiovascular disease risk by keeping blood cells called platelets from clumping and forming clots.

The cell biologist helped explain how blood clots form by identifying factor XIII, the enzyme that binds proteins together to create a plug in a wound, preventing a person from bleeding to death.

Enzymatic crosslinking is the way in which our blood clots during wound healing — cells secrete an enzyme, transglutaminase, which crosslinks fibrin, forming an insoluble protein polymer, or clot.

The fatty plaques attract white blood cells, grow larger, and can form blood clots, which can cause a heart attack.

This nutrient helps blood to clot by moving calcium into proteins that form a microscopic net to capture red blood cells.

The body perceives this plaque as an injury and sends inflammatory cells into the vessel walls, where they set off a cascade of events that can ultimately cause plaque to rupture and a clot to form over it.

Recent research has revealed that too much omega - 6 in the diet creates an imbalance that can interfere with production of important prostaglandins.34 This disruption can result in increased tendency to form blood clots, inflammation, high blood pressure, irritation of the digestive tract, depressed immune function, sterility, cell proliferation, cancer and weight gain.35

Dipyridamole Anti-Platelet and Anti-Cancer Drug Errors in Oncology - Ignoring the Role of Platelets Platelets are the little sticky cells in our blood that form clots to stop bleeding.

Ajoene can prevent the cells in your blood from becoming too sticky and thus prevent a clot from forming in the first place.

Another major problem which leads to atherosclerotic plaque, heart attacks and strokes is the tendency of the platelets and red blood cells to stick together in clumps and form clots.

Do not check on the progress of the bleeding, because this may take away the cells that are forming the clot.

The condition exists when a blood clot of cells forms in the left atria of the heart (called a thrombus) and then breaks loose.

Cells called platelets are found in the bloodstream and are responsible for forming clots to stop bleeding.

Aspirin prevents platelets (blood cells that assist with blood clotting) from clumping together to form a clot while flowing through the blood vessels.