Sentences with phrase «damages islet cells»

In many cats with diabetes, a protein called amyloid collects in and damages the islet cells.

The immune system attacks and damages the islet cells that make insulin in the pancreas.

Also, the almost infinitely high omega 6 / omega 3 ratio seen in the first study would cause extreme inflammation that is known to damage islet cells and prevent proper insulin and leptin function while also impairing the metabolism of fatty acids and membrane function.

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Other mice, with robust beta cells that were good at repairing DNA damage, were able to stay non-diabetic for life, even when those islets were placed under severe cellular stress.

To evaluate islet dysfunction and β cells damage, we studied islet morphology by staining α -, β -, and δ cells using anti-glucagon, anti-insulin, and anti-somatostatin antibodies, respectively (Fig. 4 D).

In pre-clinical experiments, hESC - derived cardiomyocytes engraft in damaged myocardium and appear to behave like native cells; hESC - derived islet cells engraft, produce the hormones of the endocrine pancreas, and appear to do so under homeostatic control; etc. \ n \ nThere is no evidence of teratomas from differentiated hESC - derived cells and minimal, if any, immune rejection.

This has been evidenced by 1) increased acinar cell necrosis, 2) increased serum amylase and lipase, 3) higher hepatic damage, 4) altered liver function test, 5) increased kidney damage, 6) increase in serum urea and creatinine, 7) altered distribution of pancreatic cells, 8) increased vacoulation and irregular islets, and 9) mild fibrosis in exocrine regions.

ASCs isolated from the stromal vascular fraction of fat have advantages over other mesenchymal stem cell sources; they are easy to isolate and expand and aid in the repair of damaged tissues [7], including islet graft survival and revascularization [8].

Mercury also damages and even causes the death of pancreatic islet beta cells.