Sentences with phrase «cells produce compounds»

It also helps white blood cells produce compounds that fight pathogens.

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Chiles produce a waxy compound called capsaicin which cause a burning sensation when contacted with cell membranes.

Some produce a compound called parietin, which absorbs blue and UV light and protects cells from damage.

Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 (E-NTPDase2) is an ectoenzyme that, along with family members E-NTPDase1 and E-NTPDase3, is known to degrade the chemical compound ATP (adenosine triphosphate) into ADP (adenosine diphosphate) for the purpose of sending messages to cells to change the fleet of proteins they are producing.

Cells use the compound to keep their membranes porous and springy, and to produce hormones and other vital substances.

A Johnson & Johnson research team identified a new compound known as R207910 that kills the M. tuberculosis bacterium by inhibiting the cell's energy - producing machinery.

By redirecting that energy to a genetically modified part of the cell capable of producing various complex chemical materials, we induce the light driven biosynthesis of these compounds,» says Post Doc Agnieszka Janina Zygadlo Nielsen, who along with colleagues Post Doc Thiyagarajan Gnanasekaran and PhD student Artur Jacek Wlodarczyk has been the main researcher behind the study.

Using this strategy, researchers can engineer specific cells to produce a surface receptor that binds to a chemical compound known as CNO, a derivative of clozapine.

The genetic circuit produces the machinery necessary for the production of a compound that inhibits a protein which has a significant and critical role in the growth and survival of cancer cells.

The compound, called gavinone in honor of its codiscoverer, is produced when cellulose, the sugar that makes up the cell walls of all plants, burns.

He determined that a compound produced by the mold, which he called penicillin, could kill pathogenic bacteria but not white blood cells or human tissue.

Artyomov and colleagues previously had shown that inflammatory cells that detect the presence of bacteria produce a compound called itaconate.

Instead of producing antibiotics, as do penicillium moulds, the fungi used owe their effectiveness to chitin — the major structural polymer in fungal cell walls — and a sister compound called chitosan.

The research focused on a compound called neuroprotectin D1 = protectin D1 (NPD1 = PD1), a bioactive lipid produced by cells in response to external stimuli.

The scientists noted that in the area of the brain containing the serotonin - producing nerve cells, miR135 levels increased when antidepressant compounds were introduced.

On the other hand, the optimisation of growth conditions, such as light and temperature, can also affect the compounds produced by the cells — just like in nature.

Given the potential for living systems to produce highly complex chemical compounds, researchers working with Michelle C.Y. Chang at the University of California, Berkeley (USA), aimed to manipulate the biosynthetic machinery in cells to use simple fluorinated building blocks to make new organofluorine target molecules.

Ionizing radiation damages cells by producing very reactive compounds known as free radicals.

However, the timing of this shutdown is important because if the competing pathway is necessary for cell growth, turning it off limits the population size, and the bacteria won't produce enough of the desired compound.

He discovered that yeast cells produce several pleasing aroma compounds similar to those produced by ripening fruits.

An older strategy, «phenotypic» screening, avoids much of this problem by testing compounds for their ability to produce a desired effect directly on living cells.

To identify the main compounds (metabolites) produced by glioblastoma cells during infection by Zika, the researchers analyzed the cells using matrix - assisted laser desorption / ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI - MSI).

In animals, which do not make polyphenols, resveratrol activates cell defenses such as antioxidation, enhanced DNA repair, and increased output from the energy - producing mitochondria in cells, actions that Sinclair theorizes are responsible for the compound's antiaging effects.

A number of radiotherapies that marry a small but potent amount of radioactive material and a targeted molecular compound have been gaining traction as progressive treatments for malignant NETs, which can develop wherever nerve cells and hormone - producing endocrine cells are present (e.g., gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, lungs, thyroid).

«Such a cell line could produce say 10 times, 100 times, 1000 times more of those interesting compounds than the plant out there,» says Reuter.

Production of such compounds can be challenging, because some of them hurt the growth of the cells that are producing them or outright kill them.

BPA and other estrogenic compounds hamper development of the stem cells responsible for producing sperm in mice, which suggests such exposure could contribute to declining sperm counts in men, according to a new study.

This requires the intervention of sophisticated robotic technology to produce the required quantities of cells on one hand, to practice drug tests under conditions to identify the compound effective to thousands of thousands of others, on the other hand.

For these purpose, we explore and validate the use of cell progenies derived from pluripotent stem cells to produce disease models in a dish, to screen for compounds (small molecules, biologicals, etc).

When aSyn was produced at low levels, it made its way to the cell membrane and appeared to regulate chemical trafficking and metabolism of compounds called lipids — what may be normal functions for this protein.

Cells have become essential in modern medicine as therapies, vehicles for producing high ‑ value therapeutics, and tools for high ‑ throughput screening of pharmaceutical compounds.

Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc., is a leader in utilizing «plants as factories» to produce high value compounds that occur naturally in plant cells.

In synthetic biology, FP timers might be able to tell researchers whether old or new cells are better at producing a compound of interest, thus allowing them to optimize the compound production process.

Researchers have developed an opioid compound that targets specific pain receptors in cells, but without producing the addictive qualities typical of currently available drugs.

In theory, an understanding of how cells go back to a previous state in their development might one day lead to a drug that could trigger a process whereby a pancreas cell exposed to the compound might return to being a stem cell and then transform into a cell that produces insulin.

Researchers publishing in Cell discovered a naturally produced compound rewinds aspects of age - related demise in mice.

During the process of breaking down glycogen, which is essentially carbs stored in the body, the body produces lactate and pyruvate, osmotically active compounds which in turn influence the growth of muscle cells.

Upon exposure to the sun's UV rays, retinol compounds break down and produce destructive free radicals that are toxic to cells, damage DNA, and can even cause cancer.

Not good because fat cells produce a significant amount of Interleukin, which are inflammatory compounds.

Broccoli and broccoli sprouts produce a compound, sulforaphane, that appears to target breast cancer cells.

CoQ10, short for coenzyme Q10, is a natural, vitamin - like compound that's produced by your body and found in almost every cell.

But the science of nutrigenomics has allowed scientists to make a compound that can help control how antioxidants are being produced in the human cells of our bodies.

Oxaloacetate is a four - carbon compound that begins the first reaction of the Krebs Cycle, a cycle containing a series of reactions that produces high - energy species to eventually be used to produce energy for the cell.

Commensal bacteria likewise aid in nutrient extraction and assimilation, as the secondary bile acids and short - chain fatty acids they produce from fermentation of indigestible carbohydrates lead to liberation of compounds like peptide YY from cells, which decreases intestinal transit, encourages satiety, maximizes nutrient absorption, and increases energy harvested from food (Boulange et al., 2016).

The following compounds have been demonstrated experimentally to regenerate the insulin - producing beta cells, which are destroyed in insulin dependent diabetes, and which once restored, may (at least in theory) restore the health of the patient to the point where they no longer require insulin replacement.

Alpha - Lipoic acid (LA) is a disulfide compound that is produced in small quantities in cells, and functions naturally as a co-enzyme in the pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha - ketoglutarate dehydrogenase mitochondrial enzyme complexes.

• widespread effects on circulation, muscles and sugar metabolism • raised heart rate • increased heart output • increased rate and depth of breathing • increased metabolic rate • increased force of muscular contraction • delayed muscular fatigue • reduced blood flow to bladder (muscular walls relax and sphincters contract) • reduced blood flow to intestines • increased blood pressure • increased sugar (glucose) in the blood • increased break - down of glucose for energy *, especially in muscle cells • increased free fatty acids in the blood * • more oxidation of fatty acids to produce energy * • more ATP (the cells» primary energy compound) produced * • blood vessels constrict

The mitochondria are the main parts of the cell that take chemical compounds and produce electrical energy to drive cellular function.

... Opiate receptor site, and then, there's some compounds that are produced to help modulate the Immune System help that, the T - regulatory cells, to kind of balance out that...

Algenist's breakthrough patented ingredient discovery, naturally - sourced and sustainably produced, is a powerful compound that is responsible for regenerating and protecting the algae cell.