Sentences with phrase «found on blood vessels»

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Because the cervix is so sensitive and the blood vessels are all right on the surface you can sometimes find that the plug has a pink or bloody tinge to it.

They first devised a nanoscale plastic scaffold and then seeded it with common muscle precursor cells called myoblasts, along with endothelial cells of the sort found on the inside of blood vessels.

A critical discovery in this research was finding that the novel progenitor has a receptor protein on its cell surface called KDR, or vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, which until now, was thought to be restricted to endothelial cells that form vessels, the progenitors for endothelial cells and the progenitors blood cells.

In this study, we found that chloroquine not only has an effect on the growth of the cancer cells, but also makes the tumor environment less aggressive by normalizing the abnormal blood vessels in the tumor,» says Patrizia Agostinis.

A new report in The American Journal of Medicine found that a glass or two of red wine before lighting up a cigarette can counteract some of the short - term negative effects of smoking on blood vessels.

In a previous related study published in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, the same team of NTU scientists found that fish scale - derived collagen would induce human umbilical vein endothelial cells to express 2.5 times more of a specific type of collagen responsible for blood vessel formation, as compared to endothelial cells cultured on bovine collagen.

Using a powerful imaging technique that allowed the scientists to track the presence and movement of parasites in living tissues, the researchers found that Toxoplasma infects the brain's endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, reproduces inside of them, and then moves on to invade the central nervous system.

From these findings, it was clarified that cinnamtannin B - 1 migrated MSCs surrounding bone marrow and blood vessels to the blood and accumulated them on the wound site to enhance wound healing.

When the team tested the drug on cells grown in the lab, they found that it killed blood vessel cells and prevented growth of new blood vessels.

The toxicity of chokeberry extract on normal blood vessel lining cells was tested and found to have no effects up to the highest levels used (50 ug / ml), suggesting that the cell death effect is happening in a way other than through preventing new blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis), a process that is important in cancer cell growth.

To 3D print vessels on such a small scale — 100 microns, small enough for tiny blood vessels — Chen leveraged his connection to Innolign, a Boston biomedical technology company he helped found.

In an effort to overcome these limitations, a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by its Founding Director, Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., had previously engineered a microfluidic «Organ - on - a-Chip» (Organ Chip) culture device in which cells from a human intestinal cell line originally isolated from a tumor were cultured in one of two parallel running channels, separated by a porous matrix - coated membrane from human blood vessel - derived endothelial cells in the adjacent channel.

After analyzing the videos, they found that, as the animal dipped its tongue in and out of the flower, tiny blood vessels on the hairs of its tongue became engorged with blood, prompting the hairs to stand straight up and drag even more nectar up from the flower.

They found two genes involved in blood vessel growth and calcium regulation that were turned on near the living bones but not near the dead ones.

A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African - American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely as white patients to suffer from narrowed or atherosclerotic blood vessels, which increase the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death.

February 4, 2016 Connective tissue disease increases risk for cardiovascular problems A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African - American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely as white patients to suffer from narrowed or atherosclerotic blood vessels, which increase the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death.

Prior studies with animals suggested that another function of the drug is to turn on the genes for elastin (a protein found in elastic fibers) and other elastic fiber genes, such as Fbn - 1 and Lox, causing elastin deposits within the blood vessel wall.

We really wanted to find a compound, a chemical, that would profoundly stop the growth of blood vessel cells, which of course are the cells that go on to form the abnormal angiogenesis in wet AMD.

We also found that the EphB4 receptor expressed on the surface of breast cancer cells can promote tumor xenograft growth by enhancing blood vessel formation through interactions with its preferred ligand, ephrin - B2, present in tumor endothelial cells.

We found that it is very selective and potent at stopping the growth of blood vessel cells without having negative effects on the growth of other cell types from the eye and elsewhere in the body.

This is basically tweaking the molecules: making small chemical changes to the compound in hopes of finding something that could block the growth of blood vessel cells initially in the culture dish without having toxic effects on other cell types.

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

August 5, 2002 Gene therapy boosts cancer chemotherapy University of Chicago researchers have found a way to use cancer chemotherapy to turn on gene therapy designed to disrupt the growth of blood vessels to a tumor.

Just when I thought I had my life under control, my optometrist found leaking blood vessels in my retinas, brought on by diabetes.

Hyperglycemia can take its toll on the small blood vessels found in the retina over the years and make them thin and weak.

Pomegranate juice has been shown to have a powerful antioxidant activity which prevents the destruction of nitric oxide and increases its impact on muscle cells found in blood vessels.

When cardiologist Robert Vogel, M.D., and co-workers at the University of Maryland investigated the effect of olive oil on artery function, they found that it reduced blood flow in vessels by a whopping 31 percent.

The impact that partial sleep deprivation has on breathing control and blood vessels has been examined in a study, and it was found that sleep length reduction over 2 consecutive nights results in impaired breathing control and less healthy vascular function.

Researchers found that rats given a high protein diet supplemented with arginine and proline had better nitrogen balance than those on a standard diet plus showed more new blood vessel growth — which is an essential part of wound healing.

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However, a study published in the European Heart Journal found that adding milk to black tea may block its beneficial effects on the heart and blood vessels.

The only effective way of treating cellulite is addressing the above mentioned causes, focusing on strengthening the connective tissue (collagen) and muscles found under the skin, a long - term weight loss (burning fat slowly and systematically), slowing down the ageing process of the skin cells, improving blood circulation and strengthening blood vessel walls, detoxification of the body and liver, and improving overall health.

When the trial ended, Arciero and his team found that although both groups improved on nearly every measure, those who had followed the protein - pacing and antioxidant - rich diet showed the greatest improvements in fitness, including upper body muscular endurance and power, core strength, and blood vessel health (reduced artery stiffness) among female participants; and upper and lower body muscular strength and power, aerobic power, and lower back flexibility among male participants.

In a 2016 study, the American Heart Association found that exposure to one minute of secondhand marijuana smoke had similar effects on blood vessels as breathing secondhand tobacco smoke.

On necropsy, the general pulmonary pathology of infected cats is similar to that of infected dogs: muscular hypertrophy of the main vessels of the lungs, villous endarteritis, and cellular infiltrates of the adventitia (the outmost layer of the blood vessels; FIGURE 5).2 Obviously, finding adult worms or fragments would be consistent with death due to lung collapse related to worm death.

Dog acupuncture points are found on areas of the body where nerve bundles and blood vessels come together.

Diagnosis of blood vessel disease is difficult and often relies on finding tumors in other parts of the body.