Sentences with phrase «enhance cell membrane»

This fruit is loaded with very good fats that enhance cell membrane activity, balance hormones and speed up metabolism.

Do you have an opinion on using pure magnesium oil, or using an oil with added MSM for «enhanced cell membrane permeability and may facilitate more efficient uptake of magnesium ions.»

Laser therapy works by stimulating production of cellular energy in damaged cells and by enhancing the cell membrane permeability.

Also helpful are Amino Acids such as L - Carnitine and Taurine for congestive heart failure, L - Carnitine aids fat processing while Taurine protects the heart from too much calcium and enhances cell membranes.

It also enhances cell membrane permeability (the ability for cell membranes to transfer molecules, which enhances the exchange of nutrients and wastes across the cell membrane), making the cells work more efficiently.

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Cinnamon helps our body to stabilize blood sugar by de-inflaming the cell membranes and enhancing insulin receptor activity.

Fermentation by intestinal probiotics leads to enhanced production of short - chain fatty acids, including butyrate, which is a major energy source for the intestinal cell membrane; propionate, which is involved in regulating cholesterol; and acetate, which is involved in cholesterol synthesis.

The researchers concluded that using collagen - based membranes in organ - on - a-chip devices enhance the growth, viability and barrier function of human colon cells and that the method likely could be extended to cells from other organs.

In experiments using enzyme inhibitors, the possibility that cinnamtannin B - 1 enhanced mobilization through the use of activation of enzymes such as PI3 kinase near the cell membrane was shown.

Gαs went from lipid rafts to nonraft regions of the plasma membrane in the glioma cells, which enhanced its signaling ability.

For example, up - regulated influx transporters (OCT3 and OCTN1) localized at the apical membranes of Sertoli cells could mediate the transport of the drug compound 9 from the lumen into the basolateral compartment of Sertoli cells, where the up - regulated efflux transporters (ABCB1 / p - glycoprotein, ABCB8, ABCB9, ABCC5, and ABCC10) could then transport the drug out of Sertoli cells against a concentration gradient, resulting in enhanced efficiency of recovery upon cessation of treatment.

Increasing the stiffness of cancer cell membrane enhanced the entry of polymer nanoparticles through pathways rich in cholesterol.

A research team led by Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri at the University of Freiburg has shown that the stiffness of the cancer cell plasma membrane affects how nanoparticles are internalized, and this process can be enhanced when the cell plasma membrane stiffness is increased.

Moderna initiated a Phase 1 study of mRNA - 2416, an intratumoral (iTu) immuno - oncology (I - O) therapeutic that encodes for the membrane expression of the co-stimulatory protein OX40 Ligand, or OX40L, to potentially enhance T - cell attack against tumors.

In our experiments, both HNF4α and ASGPR1 are well - expressed in enhanced hiPS - HEP cells from all three hiPS cell lines (Figure 2), as shown by homogeneous nuclear staining for HNF4α and homogeneous membrane staining for ASGPR1.

Follicular dendritic cells produce IL - 15 that enhances germinal center B cell proliferation in membrane - bound form.

Through its various targets, MMP1 promotes not only tumor invasion but also breast cancer colonization to bone by mechanisms that include the release of membrane - bound EGF - like growth factors from tumor cells, leading to activation of EGF receptor signaling and suppression of OPG expression in osteoblasts, which in turn promotes the differentiation and activation of osteoclasts required for bone destruction and enhanced tumor growth in the bone microenvironment (32).

Due to its uniquely small size, mass, and neutral charge, H2 is able to more effectively penetrate not only cell membranes but also the blood - brain barrier and even the cell nucleus — where it's thought to protect DNA and enhance mitochondrial health.

PS controls the level of fluidity of our cell membranes, which in turn enhances our cells» ability to communicate various chemical messages between each other, making us more alert.

In addition, the DHA and EPA found in fish oil have a powerful ability to enhance the metabolism and increase fat burning by positively altering the gene functioning through various mechanisms which include changing the makeup of cell membranes, altering the transcription of genes and influencing the levels of calcium within the cells.

The saturated fat in butter actually enhances our immune function, protects the liver from toxins, provides nourishment for the heart in times of stress, gives stiffness and integrity to our cell membranes, and aids in the proper utilization of omega - 3 essential fatty acids.

Working from memory, while insulin is necessary to draw the GLUT4 glucose transporter to the cell membrane and thus enhance uptake of glucose in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, this is not true in the brain and several other tissues.

In 2005, researchers identified a mammalian protein they termed 1,25D3 - MARRS present in the outer membrane of intestinal cells that induces a rapid response to vitamin D, enhancing the transport of phosphorus31 and possibly calcium32 into the cell, showing that not all of vitamin D's actions occur through the VDR.

As a result, a significant concentration gradient is formed outside the cells, allowing for easier passage of nutrients through the membrane, into the cell, where the nutrients act to enhance cellular function.

Fats also enhances immune function, protects the liver, provides integrity to cell membranes, bolsters fertility and increases aerobic capacity.

Gingerol increased GLUT - 4 activation just slightly, but significantly enhanced its transportation powers, allowing the existing GLUT - 4 to bind to energy store cell membranes and store the glucose inside more effectively.

The natural ingredients not only enhance * the membrane structure of the brain but also neutralizes cell - damaging free radicals.

This promotes the speed and the quality of healing, enhances the exchange of nutrients and wastes across the cell membrane and improves elasticity of injured tissues.

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