The T
cells of the immune system travel with the blood.
Not exact matches
The
immune cells of the body
travel through the circulatory
system.
The quicker blood flow to the area means the T
cells of the
immune system can
travel quicker to the muscle, hence the area recovers quicker from inflammation.
What they discovered was that an inflammatory factor known as TGF - beta (transforming growth factor - beta) can give cancer
cells properties
of immune cells by supplying the surface
of the cancer
cell with a receptor that normally only exists on the white blood
cells that
travel through the lymphatic
system.
As part
of this effort, Dr. Weinstein and his colleagues inserted a gene for a protein that turns green the
cells that line the endothelium
of selected embryonic veins and in the lymphatic
system — the network
of vessels through which
immune cells travel in the body.
In the Dec. 1 issue
of Science, the team from the MGH Center for
Systems Biology describes a «crosstalk» between lung tumors and bone marrow, which leads to the generation
of a type
of immune cell that
travels to the tumor and promotes its progression.
A. Water is needed to keep the passageways
of the lungs moist for easier breathing B. Proper hydration supports good lymphatic flow which allows the
immune system cells to
travel easier throughout the body C.