Sentences with phrase «cellular function at»

Acai also contains ferulic acid, which destroys several types of free radicals and is more powerful than vitamin E, beta - carotene, and vitamin C. Overall, acai protects and improves cellular function at its core.

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The fields within biology are further divided based on the scale at which organisms are studied and the methods used to study them: biochemistry examines the fundamental chemistry of life; molecular biology studies the complex interactions of systems of biological molecules; cellular biology examines the basic building block of all life, the cell; physiology examines the physical and chemical functions of the tissues and organ systems of an organism; and ecology examines how various organisms interrelate.
At first it was thought that only functioned as cellular debris warehouses but in recent years has been that could have an important role as a messenger between cells of the body and now many groups focus their research on the role that could be played exosomes in various diseases, including cancer.
Clinicians are well - versed with the human body and the delicate use of surgeries and drugs, while scientists understand the intricacies of how the body functions at the molecular and cellular level,» he explains.
Hackermüller suspects that non-coding RNAs have an important function at the epigenetic level, for example as a type of cellular long - term memory: «This could also explain why the health effects caused by exposure to hazardous environmental substances often do not emerge until years later.»
RNA, widely known as a cellular messenger that makes proteins and carries out DNA's instructions to other parts of the cell, is now understood to perform sophisticated chemical reactions and is believed to perform an extraordinary number of other functions, at least some of which are unknown.
«Proper blood cell production is dependent on functioning hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells that are destroyed during conditioning procedures for transplantation or following bone marrow injury,» said the study's first author Kevin A. Goncalves, who performed this research as part of his PhD studies in cellular and molecular physiology at the Sackler School.
Her research is at the interface between bioimaging and proteomics, and aims to define the spatiotemporal organization of the human proteome at a subcellular level in an effort to understand how variations and deviations in localization contribute to cellular function as well as disease.
With its ability to monitor cell function, PET is the archetype of the new tools that can monitor our bodies at the cellular or even subcellular scale, says Bruce Hillman of the American College of Radiology Image Metrix.
A team of researchers led by Charles D. Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has successfully translated a new technology to better study behaviors and cellular function to fruit flies.
«We're just beginning to appreciate that much of cellular function happens at short distances, between nearly touching organelles,» says Dr. Hajnoczky.
«The idea is to initiate specific biochemical processes in cells by flipping a magnetic switch,» says Jon Dobson, a biomedical engineer who has been manipulating cellular function with magnetic particles for more than 10 years at Keele University in Staffordshire, England.
The study is the first, say its authors, to provide evidence that adenosine, a biochemical at the heart of human cellular function, plays another crucial role — keeping on hand a steady number of healthy chondrocytes, the cells that make and sustain cartilage.
Neuroscience can range from studying psychology or behavior to investigating how the nervous system functions at a cellular or molecular level.
Proteins are responsible for the vast majority of the cellular functions that shape life, but like guests at a crowded dinner party, they interact transiently and in complex networks, making it difficult to determine which specific interactions are most important.
«Our work suggests that the apparent complexity of protein networks is deceiving, and that a circuit involving a small number of proteins might control each cellular function,» said senior author Shohei Koide, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biophysics at the University of Chicago.
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), working closely with researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have mapped out the structure of an important protein involved in cellular function and nervous system development.
The next stage of this study will be to look at how we target this process without interrupting normal cellular functions of non-cancerous cells.»
The American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology focuses on the physiology of the heart, blood vessels and lymphatics, including experimental and theoretical studies of cardiovascular function at all levels of organization ranging from the intact animal to the cellular, subcellular and molecular levels.
I will also explore BIN1 function at the cellular level using in vitro techniques coupled with high resolution imaging.
Alfredo Dubra, PhD, and his colleagues at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, are applying adaptive optics to study cellular function in order to uncover glaucoma biomarkers.
«This study shows how our teams are leveraging synthetic biology not only to reprogram microbes to create living cellular devices that can carry out useful functions for medicine and environmental remediation, but to do this in a way that is safe for all,» said Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., who is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at HMS and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital, as well as Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
It concentrates on analysis of gene function at all levels: the gene and its product, the cell and cellular interactions, embryonic tissues and the entire animal.
Scientists look at the structure, function, and evolution of genes (genomics), analyze the interactions with proteins these genes produce (proteomics), and systematically track the chemical traces of cellular processes (metabolomics).
At Weizmann, Dr. Spiegel will be establishing his own independent research group which will attempt to identify the molecular and cellular mechanisms through which experience alters the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain in behaviorally relevant ways and to understand how these processes, when they go awry, might give rise to psychiatric disorders.
We use neuronal cultures, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and transgenic and gene - targeted mouse models to study the differential effects of apoE3 and apoE4 on cell signaling pathways and cytoskelatal structure and function at molecular, cellular and behavioral levels.
In the 1960s, groundbreaking experiments by David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel and other «mapmakers of the mind» inspired a generation of scientists to explore brain function at the cellular level.
Enabled by the chemistry provided by Nate Jui in the Buchwald lab at MIT, Tardiff found that the compound was working by restoring functions mediated by a cellular protein critical for trafficking that was previously thought to be «undruggable.»
My research interest is to understand the neuroendocrine mechanisms that regulate reproductive function and behaviors at molecular, cellular, and systemic levels.
The Environmental Influences on Health and Disease Group at Sanford Research studies how environmental factors influence cellular function and human disease, an important interface between chemistry, molecular and cell biology, and physiology.
Computational Algorithms and Tools (Bruce Aronow, Section Editor): This section focuses on the generation of databases, analysis tools, or large scale analyses carried out from new or established datasets that generate hypotheses into the structure and function of physiological systems at the sub cellular or organismal level.
Therefore the group studies with sophisticated imaging technology in vitro and ex vivo: i) the molecular mechanism driving the migration of HIV through the intestinal epithelial barrier; ii) the cellular targets in the mucosa, in specific macrophages and DCs, to identify the possible pathways to invade the tissue and disseminate to other organs; iii) the involvement of DCs and their functional properties in mediating adaptive immune responses at mucosal level; and iv) the role of antibodies with different effector functions in changing the pathways of the virus.
Elizabeth B. Moloney, PhD, is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Neuroregeneration Research Institute at McLean Hospital, where she is involved in developing both in vitro and in vivo approaches for understanding the role of lysosomal function in the pathophysiology of cellular aging and...
Because psychiatric diseases predominantly affect cellular function in the brain, it can be hard to get a clear picture of exactly what is being affected at the molecular level.
Something as radical as making inanimate objects move isn't easy, but many researchers believe that commanding shape change will be invaluable as technology aids and replaces human functions: «Maybe every essential process of life is based on shape transformation: cellular division, the beating of a heart, embryogenesis,» says Nathalie Katsonis, a materials scientist at the University of Twente.
The far more nuanced and precise data produced by single cell analyses will allow for better understanding of pancreatic islet function and dysfunction at the cellular level.
March 13, 2017 Parallel cellular pathways activate the process that controls organ growth A new study from the University of Chicago suggests that while proteins that control organ growth accumulate around the edges of cells, they actually function at a different cellular site.
At the time, researchers regarded small RNAs as rheostats that fine tune gene expression and cellular function; they were thought to only make small adjustments in expression.
Certain particle compounds may directly generate ROS in vivo because of their surface chemistry (eg, metals, organic compounds, and semiquinones) or after bioactivation by cytochrome P450 systems (eg, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon conversion to quinones).6, 290 a, 290 b A particle surface or anions present on otherwise more inert particles may disrupt iron homeostasis in the lung and thereby also generate ROS via Fenton reactions.291 Other PM constituents may do so indirectly by the upregulation of endogenous cellular sources (eg, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate [NADPH]-RRB- oxidase) 292,293 or by perturbing organelle function (eg, mitochondria) by taken - up PM components.261 Particle stimulation of irritant and afferent ANS fibers may also play a role in local and systemic oxidative stress formation.294 Given the rich antioxidant defenses in the lung fluid, secondarily generated oxidization products of endogenous molecules (eg, oxidized phospholipids, proteins) or a reduction in endogenous antioxidants per se may be responsible at least in part for the state of oxidative stress in the lungs (along with instigating the subsequent cellular responses) rather than ROS derived directly from PM and its constituents.
Designed to stimulate healthy cellular function, the Joovv Light delivers optimal wavelengths of light at 660 nm and 850 nm.
Insulin functions include: Lowering blood glucose Promoting cellular uptake of carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids Promoting fat storage (when at excessive levels) Insulin is a powerful anabolic hormone because it moves amino acids into muscle cells.
Previous research has also shown that short - term fasting can produce molecules called free radicals, which are highly reactive chemicals that can cause damage to the body at a cellular and may be associated with impaired organ function, cancer risk and accelerated aging.
While for younger adults, waking at 4 - 5 a.m. to drink water will be problematic, it is less likely to be onerous for older individuals, who often wake at least once during the night and frequently have a reduced sensation of thirst, so do not consume enough water to optimally support cellular functions.
Nutrient deficiencies alter bodily functions and processes at the most basic cellular level,» says Tricia L. Psota, PhD, RDN, president - elect of the DC Metro Area Dietetic Association.
''... we hypothesize that repeated stress - related allostatic overload may affect brain function at three basic levels: (a) at the cellular level, it may compromise proteostasis (e.g. tau protein), organelles homeostasis, and induce epigenetic changes in neuronal DNA; (b) at the tissue level it may affect intracellular communication (synaptic contacts), number of cells (reduction of neuronal density), composition of the extracellular matrix (accumulation of amyloid plaques), and neuroinflammation; (c) at the systemic levels it may alter the brain's regulation of behavior (cognitive decline).
Aβ is believed to penetrate neuronal plasma membranes, where it leads to lipid peroxidation.10 It has also been implicated in deactivating a subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, thereby inhibiting conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA and the eventual production of cellular energy as ATP.32 Another way Aβ affects glucose metabolism in the brain is that fragments of Aβ disrupt insulin signaling by binding to neuronal synapses, which alters their shape and function.15, 38 Insulin receptors are abundant at synapses, so if the integrity of the synapse itself has been compromised, the receptors won't function effectively.
The addition of sacha inchi oil slowed down glucose production in 16 (38.1 %) participants that showed a higher concentration of triglycerides before meals (fasting hypertriglyceridemia), whereas an improved expression of sirtuin - 1 (SIRT1), a gene responsible for regulating energy within the cells and coordinating cellular functions, was registered four hours after ingesting the meal enriched with sacha inchi oil, and linked to lowered levels of blood sugar measured at the same time.
They work much deeper at the root cause and cellular level to establish equilibrium in the energy of the cells and restore normal function, physiologically and metabolically.
Additionally, JNK decreases the production of energy providing molecules (ATP, if you want a lil» Bio101 throwback) which causes proteins not to function correctly at the cellular level and fatigue to ensue.
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