Sentences with phrase «certain type of tissue»

Mistaking certain types of tissues for harmful substances, your body turns these antibodies against itself, wreaking havoc on your organs.

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The researchers studied mice with a defective type of thyroid hormone receptor, meaning that they are hypothyroid in certain tissues, including in the smooth muscle of blood vessels.

During certain types of brain surgery, neural tissue must be removed, either because it is tumorous or because it gives rise to epileptic seizures.

When you're using certain tissue types that can't replicate multiple times outside of the body — liver and nerve cells, for example — «that's where stem cells are most relevant.»

Consistent with the San Francisco team's work, Metrnl increased the numbers of certain types of macrophages and the amount of IL - 4 in the fat tissue.

A unique feature of this DREADD system not found in other methods is that it is not limited to the control of neurons — activity levels of certain enzymes in almost every tissue type can be controlled to probe mechanisms of basic cellular function.

The team say their findings could also shed light on how inflammation occurs in certain types of autoinflammatory diseases, where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.

A new genetic analysis reveals that our brawny cousins had a number of distinct genes involved in the buildup of certain types of fat in their brains and other tissues — a trait shared by today's Europeans, but not Asians.

Pluripotent cells can become any of the cell types usually found in the body — although there are certain special types of tissue, such as placenta, that they can't form.

And if it wasn't hard enough, I heard more reports of somatic mosaicism (mutations present only in certain cell or tissue types) underlying disease susceptibility, meaning that DNA from blood cells may not be informative in some patients for some diseases.

The research, which appears in the EMBO Journal, indicates that when tissue responds to certain types of injury, mature cells seem to get younger and begin dividing rapidly, creating scenarios that can lead to cancer.

Scientists thought it was only produced by certain types of white blood cells in a few tissues, such as the intestines and thymus.

Weaver also said that the predictions made by jamming models resemble what biologists call extrusion, a process by which dead epithelial cells are squeezed out of crowded tissue — the disfunction of which has recently been implicated in certain types of cancer.

Among the diseases more likely to occur in children with older fathers are achondroplasia (which causes dwarfism), progeria (premature aging), Marfan's syndrome (a connective tissue disorder), a predisposition toward a certain type of skin cancer, and some congenital heart defects.

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

Researchers looked at tissue samples from the intestinal walls of «447 newly affected and 221 non-affected people» and found an overabundance of certain bacteria types was linked to inflammation levels.

Compounds called polyphenols may protect your body from the type of cell and tissue damage that's linked to heart disease and certain cancers.

The continued build - up of tartar both above and below the gum line can eventually produce an environment for certain types of bacteria that may be more destructive to the periodontal tissues and also produce a more noticeable odor.

This is evident in certain types of accidents, like rear - end crashes, or some kinds of injuries, like soft tissue injuries.