Sentences with phrase «fragments of proteins normally»

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The immune system does not normally attack «self» proteins, so by producing protein fragments, or peptides, that imitate the structure of those in the body's own tissues, viruses and bacteria may avoid destruction.

Fibrin is an insoluble protein produced by platelets (fragments of white blood cells) from a soluble protein called fibrinogen normally present in blood.

The Bristol group has now revealed how the administration of fragments of the proteins that are normally the target for attack leads to correction of the autoimmune response.

perhaps because that dog's immune system is producing large amounts of anti-heartworm antibody that ties up the heartworm protein fragments that normally circulate in the pet's blood stream — but, if something like that can actually occur, it is quite rare