Sentences with phrase «found damaged nerve cells»
In the new study, Zigmond and colleagues found damaged nerve cells produce a stream of molecular lures that specifically attract neutrophils to injury sites in mice.
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They also found AXIN2 in the damaged nerve cells of adults with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system attacks myelin.
Specifically, the Mount Sinai study was designed to test whether pharmacological compounds designed to block the function of XPO1 / CRM1 could stop disease progression in mouse models that exhibit some of the characteristics of MS. Researchers found that two chemical agents (called KPT - 276 and KPT - 350) prevented XPO1 / CRM1 from shuttling cargo out of the nucleus of nerve cells, which protected them from free radicals and structural damage.
«Research findings have implications for regenerating damaged nerve cells.»
They found that when SNO modifies PINK1, nerve cells can not recruit another protein called Parkin to get rid of damaged mitochondria.
RIPK1, the researchers found, inflicts damage by directly attacking the body's myelin production plants — nerve cells known as oligodendrocytes, which secrete the soft substance, rich in fat and protein that wraps around axons to support their function and shield them from damage.
Researchers back then found that exposure to aluminum caused rabbits» brains to develop nerve cell damage — thought to be a precursor to Alzheimer's at the time — and long - term dialysis patients with high levels of the metal developed dementia.
Two weeks after the rats sustained their injuries, Schwartz's group found that the number of surviving cells in the damaged nerves of these rats was three times higher on average than in rats with similar damage that received a placebo injection.
A particular type of macrophage known as microglia are found throughout the brain and spinal cord — in progressive forms of MS, they attack the CNS, causing chronic inflammation and damage to nerve cells.
The Sheffield team led by Dr Kurt De Vos and Dr Andy Grierson investigated the role of the C9orf72 protein in nerve cells and found it regulates the initiation of a vital process called «autophagy», which helps the cell to dispose of damaged proteins and cell parts, and recycles cell nutrients.
Whenever it hits the news there's a lot of interest, and recently cannabis found the spotlight again with videos claiming it can reverse the nerve cell damage in Huntington's disease.