Sentences with phrase «endothelial cells play»

Vascular endothelial cells play an important role in the regulation of vascular activity by producing vasoactive substances such as NO.

Endothelial cells play a major role in the development and differentiation of the vascular system.

Given that endothelial cells play a central role in several rate - limiting steps of metastasis, the interactions that take place between tumor cells and endothelial cells have been the focus of much investigation.

«Endothelial cells play a very important role in multiple steps of many diseases, from initiation to the onset of clinical complications,» says Aikawa, who was not part of the research team.

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Luster's team hopes to further investigate the characteristics of joints that underlie the critical role of C5a in initiating type III hypersensitivity and whether specific molecules expressed on endothelial cells lining joints play a role in transporting C5a and chemokines from the joint space into adjacent blood vessels.

To explain their findings, the authors suggest that resveratrol's vasodilating effects via endothelial cells might enhance infiltration of inflammatory cells into the central nervous system, which in turn might play a key role in the pathogenesis of MS.

Specifically, they were able to determine that Wars2 plays an important role in supplying sufficient endothelial cells, the building blocks of blood vessels, for angiogenesis.

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) differentiate into the cells that make up the lining of blood vessels, and so play roles in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis.

With potential therapeutic implications, Stainier and a colleague also recently discovered that endothelial cells, which line the blood vessels, play a critical role in inducing the development, or proper differentiation, of red blood cells, the transporters of oxygen.

«Schlemm's canal endothelial cells are believed to be one of the resistance sites crossed by the aqueous humor before entering the blood circulation and are likely to play an important role in the regulation of aqueous humor outflow resistance.

Effect of Alpha - lipoic Acid on the Progression of Endothelial Cell Damage and Albuminuria in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: An Exploratory Study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2001 (Jun); 52 (3): 175 — 183 Oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathogenesis and progression of late microangiopathic complications (diabetic nephropathy) in diabetes mellitus.