Sentences with phrase «disrupt cellular processes»

These proteins are pumped into the cell through a narrow pore and disrupt cellular processes, often resulting in the cell's death.

It disrupts a cellular process that cancer cells use to hide from the immune system and allows the immune system to recognize and attack the cancer.

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«Our study connects the dots between Werner syndrome and heterochromatin disorganization, outlining a molecular mechanism by which a genetic mutation leads to a general disruption of cellular processes by disrupting epigenetic regulation,» says Izpisua Belmonte.

However, it was unclear exactly how the mutated WRN protein disrupted these critical cellular processes.

This so - called microRNA disrupts the expression of two key cellular genes called TGF - β and SMAD3, in a process known as RNA interference (RNAi).

When heavy metals reach the blood in their free forms, they disturb normal cellular and metabolic processes as well as disrupt hormonal balance and also immune function.

This process of oxidation disrupts cellular chemistry eventually causing cells to die.

Mercury is a potent cellular toxin and is known to decrease neurotransmitter production, disrupt important processes within the nerve cells, and decrease important hormones such as thyroid and testosterone.