Sentences with phrase «certain immune proteins»

He speculates that certain immune proteins or hormones may then cross the placental barrier in later pregnancies and somehow predispose a developing fetus to homosexuality.

When a pregnant woman is exposed to a virus, it activates her immune response and influences the level of certain immune proteins in the body of her fetus.

Not exact matches

In a seminal 1992 paper published in the journal PNAS, Lowy, Schiller, and colleagues showed that certain proteins in HPV's capsid, or shell, could trigger an immune response, even in the absence of the infectious virions (the dangerous part of the virus).

In December, SQZ partnered with global pharma firm and cancer treatment leader F. Hoffmann - La Roche in a deal that could be worth $ 500 million or more — a large undisclosed upfront payment, and additional sums when SQZ meets certain milestones — to speed up the development of its technology specifically to inject a person's immune cells with a protein to activate a «killer T» cell response to fight off cancer.

Some of the marketing material highlighted in Lion's cross claim includes: «A2 will improve human health through the consumption of a2 dairy milk products», «studies suggest that milk containing only the A2 type of protein may benefit you and your family if you're concerned with certain allergies, immune function or digestive wellbeing» and «there is significant evidence to suggest that beta casein A1 may be a primary risk factor for heart disease in adult men and also be involved in the progression of insulin dependent diabetes in children... Beta casein A1... is the most powerful risk factor ever discovered.»

Many are now literally feeling the effects of such macronutrient skew either due to gluten sensitivity (or it could be due to another grain protein; we now realize that immunologic reactivity in celiac disease may not be limited to wheat gluten, but can involve certain nongluten proteins, too, see Nongluten wheat proteins triggered immune response in celiac patients), fructose malabsorption, or some other food intolerance / sensitivity).

Instead it «programs» your baby's immune system to go after certain proteins as prescribed by the vaccine - like a troop of soldiers going after an enemy that doesn't exist.

A wheat allergy is a response from the immune system to certain wheat proteins.

Previous research has suggested that antibodies — immune system proteins that can attack viruses — in a mother might be less effective against certain genetic variants of HIV - 1 in her body, thereby allowing for transmission of resistant viruses to her infant at delivery.

Further study revealed that these so - called immune proteins are actually present on the surface of certain nerve cells, but that they functioned differently in the brain than they did in the rest of the body; rather than scouting for germs, they influenced signals sent between neurons.

In cancer patients with weakened immune systems, changing certain amino acids in the flu virus's hemagglutinin protein (illustrated) made the virus better able to compete with other virus variants.

Studying the rodents more carefully, the researchers determined that Clostridia were having a surprising effect on the mouse gut: Acting through certain immune cells, the bacteria helped keep peanut proteins that can cause allergic reactions out of the bloodstream.

But when PD - 1 binds to proteins called PD - L1 and PD - L2 on the surface of certain cancer cells, the T cells essentially become paralyzed: the immune attack on cancer is called off.

This knowledge could help develop customized therapies, like training the body's immune system to respond to certain proteins found in foods.

A certain cytokine, or small protein that helps cells communicate during immune responses, can control whether immune cells promote or suppress inflammatory bowel disease, a finding that could lead to new treatments, according to a study led by Georgia State University.

Altering proteins in one part of the virus to achieve a certain benefit, such as more efficient gene transfer or reduced recognition by host immune cells, could end up destroying the structural integrity of the entire shell.

Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) and UC Cancer Institute researchers have found that a vaccine, targeting tumors that produce a certain protein and receptor responsible for communication between cells and the body's immune system, could initiate the immune response to fight cancer.

Checkpoint inhibitors are monoclonal antibodies that target certain proteins that downregulate the immune system, such as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD - 1), programmed death - ligand 1 (PD - L1) and cytotoxic T - lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA - 4).

His work suggests that a feisty immune defense — as measured by the quantities of certain proteins called cytokines — allows survival in the face of infectious diseases; but it might also hamper fertility because a woman's immune system must temper its reaction to a growing fetus in order for a pregnancy to succeed.

To avoid rejection by the mother's immune system, the placenta employs various tricks, such as not expressing certain proteins.

About 30 years ago, scientists found a link between MS and certain variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a cluster of genes that help the immune system distinguish between the body's own proteins and those of microbial invaders.

Our response to a study published in the Journal of Immunology looking at how carbon nanoparticles (such as those found in air pollution) can alter structure and function of certain proteins 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.

The awards span the broad mission of the NIH and include groundbreaking research, such as engineering immune cells producing drugs at the site of diseased tissue; developing a sensor to rapidly detect antibiotic resistance of a bacterial infection; understanding how certain parasites evade host detection by continually changing their surface proteins; and developing implants that run off the electricity generated from the motion of a beating the heart.

Steere published a paper this year about the role of at least four autoantigens — human proteins that can produce a major immune response under certain circumstances — that have a role in persistent joint inflammation in patients with antibiotic - refractory Lyme arthritis.

Bottom Line: Bacterial load was significantly higher in pancreatic tumor samples from patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with pancreatic tissue from normal individuals, and in studies using mice, eliminating certain «bad» bacteria slowed the growth of pancreatic cancer, reversed immune suppression, and upregulated the immune checkpoint protein PD1.

When people who carry it encounter certain invading pathogens that produce humanlike proteins, their immune cells might be unusually prone to attacking their own body's cells as they pursue the interloper.

To be certain the Th2 type immunopathology was elicited by the S protein vaccine in our studies and in hopes a greater immune response would result from higher dosages of the vaccine and induce greater protection against infection as well as reduce or prevent the immunopathology, our experiment 2 used up to 9 µg of the S protein for immunization.

In some people, the immune system overreacts to the presence of proteins from things like nuts, dairy products, latex, bee stings or certain drugs, leading to allergic reactions that can, in the most extreme cases, be potentially fatal.

Nivolumab targets and blocks a protein called PD - 1 on the surface of certain immune cells called T - cells.

When a genetically susceptible person eats a certain type of wheat protein (gliadin), the body's immune system starts attacking normal tissue.

Certain conditions such as Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism, other autoimmune diseases, stubborn acne and PCOS tend to do better off all grains and legumes because of their lectin content, which along with problematic proteins (i.e. gluten in many grains) causes significant inflammation and immune activation for them.

Coeliac disease Coeliac disease is caused by an immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in certain grains including wheat, barley and rye.

This super vitamin supports your immune system and helps to create certain antibacterial proteins in your body, which are part of your first line of defense when an invader is present.

If your body develops antibodies that can not process certain elements, usually a type of protein of a certain food, then your immune system will react, causing all sorts of uncomfortable symptoms.

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.

Likewise, certain cells of the immune system called immunoglobulins are dependent on proteins for their synthesis.

Mr. Justice Hughes favoured certain Abbott experts who found that Abbott's discovery of a «very sticky» antibody that bound to interleukin 12 (a protein involved in the immune system) was a «transformative moment».