Sentences with phrase «different types of cells depending»

In the immune system, naive T - helper cells differentiate into different types of cells depending on the kind of infection.

Not exact matches

They found that depending on the cell of origin, mutations in PIK3CA and p53 induced very different types of tumors.

«Growing stem cells on synthetic surfaces with different levels of compliance showed that stem cells would become a different cell type depending solely on the mechanical environment they perceive.

Human epidermal equivalents representing different types of skin could also be grown, depending on the source of the stem cells used, and could thus be tailored to study a range of skin conditions and sensitivities in different populations.»

In addition, they also counted the numbers of various types of single - celled organisms called testate amoebae, whose population changes depending on the amount of water in the bog, giving an indication of how wet or dry the climate was during different periods.

Surprisingly, they found that although the patterns of gene expression — as shown by the RNA sequencing — differed between the hepatocellular carcinomas and the liver cancers with biliary phenotype and depended on the histological type, the overall pattern of mutations in the cells was actually similar between the tumors — of either type — that had emerged in patients who had had infections with either hepatitis C or B, and were different in patients without such infections.

Named after the BMP signal protein, this pathway controls the evolution of various cell types depending on the protein concentration, similar to the Wnt pathway, but in a different direction.

«The organization of cell colonies and phenotypic switching between different types of colonies becomes a lot more flexible and rapid with reversible aneuploidy than if it depended on random mutations in the genes,» Skupin says.

Key elements of the immune system, they also have the ability to turn into several cell types after having passed the endothelial barrier, in order to fulfil different functions depending on the tissue.

Other forms of cell - cell interaction, on the other hand, are only effective in mixed population structures; these include, for example, cross-feeding mutualisms in which different cell types depend on close proximity to benefit each other [17 — 19].

In the different cell types of the body, different protein producing genes are active or inactive, and many medical conditions also depend on altered activity of specific genes.

To function properly, each type of cell turns different genes on and off, depending on what the cell does.

Because they penetrate the skin and cells at varying depths, each type of infrared provides different therapeutic benefits depending on its use.

IBD can take different forms depending on the region of the GI tract and the type of inflammatory cells involved.

Any type of prognosis for the effectiveness of treatment and the future of the disease depends upon different and varying criteria including a tumor's resistance to treatment, the cell type of the tumor, tumor stage and size, and how much the tumor has progressed prior to detection.