Sentences with phrase «for defense against infection»

There is some feeling that nasal vaccines may provide a more complete stimulation to the area of the immune system responsible for defense against the infection in question.

There is increasing awareness that vitamin D is needed for defense against infections generally.

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The discoveries reported in two independent studies in the American Journal of Human Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infection.

But if an accident leads to substantial blood loss, for instance, or the defense against a pathogen requires more blood cells in the course of an infection, the stem cells are activated.

An appropriate amount of inflammation in the body is beneficial for defense against bacterial infection, but uncontrolled inflammation leads to inflammatory diseases.

Looking for an answer, Emerman and colleagues homed in on the immune protein TRIM5α, one of several proteins involved in innate immunity, the body's first line of defense against viral infection.

Warner Greene, MD, PhD, director and senior investigator of GIVI, co-director with Volberding of the UCSF - GIVI Center For AIDS Research (CFAR), and one of the amfAR Institute's four project directors, said the team's strategy would focus on stimulating the less specialized, «innate» immune system that forms the first line of defense against infections.

The immune defense against these infections is glucose - dependent (as it relies on production of reactive oxygen species using glucose) and thyroid hormone - dependent (as thyroid hormone drives not only glucose availability, but also the availability of iodine for the myeloperoxidase pathway).

Lymphatic system is just a strategically designed large defense mechanism for the body against all kinds of possible infections e.g. bacteria, viruses etc..

For exampled, PetAlive KC - Defense Formula contains several natural herbs selected to naturally treat and immunize your dog against acute kennel cough and other respiratory infections.

From this perspective, social adversity and perceived threat in childhood should upregulate the innate immune system, a system that provides immediate defense against infection, and enhance pro-inflammatory response tendencies as a way to prepare for potential impending tissue damage and infection.