Sentences with phrase «certain immune molecules»

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The drug, administered in three doses over 5 months, did prompt temporary spikes in certain inflammatory molecules, which indicate a mild immune reaction to the drug.

Beyond that, the team said, the approach could help scientists screen for molecules or bacterial strains that can be used therapeutically to fine - tune certain immune responses.

Immune messenger molecules called cytokines and certain types of immune cells race to the bite site, making it inhospitable for the parasite.

In 2014, he and his colleagues discovered that these molecules are unusually abundant in certain immune cells of mice with high blood pressure — and that the same is true in patients with hypertension.

However, the tumor surfaces of certain cancers have antigens, molecules that awaken the immune system and induce it to respond.

Certain molecules on tumors can serve as targets for attack by cells of the immune system.

Certain cancer cells stave off their death with help from a particular molecule in a protein involved in the body's immune system response, a research team at Rush University Medical Center has found.

Another paper from his lab looked at Lyme disease patients who produce elevated levels of certain microRNAs — molecules that fine - tune immune responses — which are known to have a role in chronic inflammation, tissue growth and swelling, and impaired wound repair.

Our chemically modified siRNA molecules, designed to retain stability in the bloodstream without stimulating the immune system, are able to target certain kidney cells without the need for a delivery system when given intravenously.

By binding to and blocking certain molecules on T cells, in this case a molecule called PD - 1, pembrolizumab «takes the brakes off» the immune response, allowing a more powerful response to cancer.

So if a person deficient in digestive enzymes consumes animal protein (meat, dairy, eggs, and fish) these animal proteins can't be properly digested and indigested and too big molecules of protein enter the bloodstream where the immune system treats them as foreign proteins and start immune reaction and simultaneously decides to attack certain own body's proteins which look like those dietary proteins.

Glycoproteins and polysaccharide molecules like glycosaminoglycans are important structural components of the body; certain cell types rely on glucose for energy; and the immune system relies on glucose for generation of reactive oxygen species to kill pathogens.