Sentences with phrase «cells process cholesterol»

NPC is caused by a mutation in one of two genes, resulting in problems in how a person's cells process cholesterol in structures called lysosomes.

Not exact matches

«However, cholesterol is involved with many key processes and structures in the body like cell membranes, bone health and the immune system.»

The sugar enhances a natural cholesterol - removal process and persuades immune cells to soothe inflammation instead of provoking it, say immunologist Eicke Latz and colleagues.

Now a team led by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute have identified a cellular process that cancer cells hijack to hoard cholesterol and fuel their growth.

The team has also found that high density lipoproteins (HDL)-- more commonly known as «good cholesterol» — counteract this process, helping the protective immune cells maintain their identity and keep arteries clear.

Shiitakes, of course, contain many of the superpower health benefits of mushrooms, including reducing cholesterol levels, helping maintain healthy weight levels, boosting immunity, and even helping to fight cancer by inducing a cell cleansing process called apoptosis.

Studies show that a substance known as C - reactive protein (CRP), one of the so - called markers released by cells during the inflammation process, may be more effective than cholesterol in gauging the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events.

This, together with cholesterol and saturated fats, clog the cell membrane, inhibiting signals and transfer and disrupts the whole energy system setting off a fermentation process.

Through the perspiration process, acid and waste residue like toxins, sodium, alcohol, nicotine, cholesterol and the potentially carcinogenic heavy metals are removed from the cells (especially zinc, lead, nickel, cadmium etc.).

One side effect of the excess cortisol is damaged and swollen liver cells (hepatocytes), that can no longer process cholesterol properly.