Sentences with phrase «from immune activity»

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One cup of chopped kale contains as much as 9 % of an adult's daily calcium requirement (protecting you from bone loss and osteoporosis) and helping your metabolism); 206 % of your vitamin A requirement (good for vision and skin as well as helping to prevent lung and mouth cancers); 134 % of your vitamin C requirement (supporting the immune system) and a whopping 684 % of cancer fighting vitamin K. Vitamin K is also necessary for a wide variety of other bodily functions, including normal blood clotting, antioxidant activity, and bone health.

Most of JCOPE's activity is immune from the requirements of the freedom of information law.

«This law not only prevents localities from enacting any kind of firearm measure but also subjects a violating locality or local official to a civil fine — a provision that we believe is unconstitutional given that legislators are immune from civil liability for legislative activities,» the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent to House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron.

Instead, the therapy may benefit from the activity of the immune system operating in tandem, creating a synergistic, cancer - killing effect.

The protein sits on the surface of T cells and helps dampen the activity of the cells after an immune response, but tumors have found ways to hide from T cell attack by flipping on the PD - 1 switch themselves.

Monitoring immune cell activity — including phenotyping immune cell subsets, tracking cell proliferation, and measuring cytokine production — can provide insights into the overall status of immune function in patients, particularly those undergoing immunosuppression after transplants, enduring cancer treatment, or suffering from autoimmune disease or other pathologies that affect the immune system.

A study of genetic data from 36,000 people with autoimmune diseases shows that dialing down a protein's activity — but not knocking it completely out — may provide a new way to calm overactive immune systems without raising the risk of getting infections.

«The burgeoning human population needs energy and food — unfortunately, nitrogen pollution is an unintended consequence and not even the open ocean is immune from our daily industrial activities,» said Karl.

To deny this is to claim that he activities of one special set of people are immune from society's wider values — a claim of exclusive powers that sits uneasily in a democracy.

The lymphocytes quickly spread out from the artificial node into the animals» own lymph nodes, which lay empty due to the lack of immune activity.

In this approach, immune cells are removed from a patient, genetically modified or treated with chemicals to enhance their activity, and then re-introduced into the patient with the goal of improving the immune system's anti-cancer response.

The activity of circulating leukocytes have been reported by various past studies to differ between ME / CFS patients and controls, possibly resulting from infectious agents, autoimmunity, or immune system disturbances.

GigaGen focuses its activity on discovering new biological treatments by using antibodies derived from millions of cells within immune repertoires.

To that end, Sharma gave an overview of MD Anderson's efforts to comprehensively characterize the activity of the immune cells in the patients they treat, and they've already analyzed over 42,000 tumor tissue samples, from both before and after treatment, looking for clues regarding how treatment outcomes relate to immune cell infiltration into tumors.

The study found that the microglia cells — the immune cells of the brain — in middle - aged mice already showed altered activity seen in microglia from older mice.

In this approach, T cells are removed from a patient, genetically modified or treated with chemicals to enhance their activity, and then re-introduced into the patient with the goal of improving the T cell immune system's anti-cancer response.

In this approach, T cells are removed from a patient, genetically modified or treated with chemicals to enhance their activity, and then re-introduced into the patient with the goal of improving the immune system's anti-cancer response.

Until now, experts thought that latency came about because a host immune cell that became infected with HIV would naturally lower its activity level, thereby impeding the virus from taking further hold.

In this approach, T cells are removed from a patient, genetically modified or treated with chemicals to enhance their activity or numbers, and then re-introduced into the patient with the goal of improving the immune system's anti-cancer response.

In a pioneering study, he applied these tools to a genome - wide study of disease - related changes in the epigenome — the layer atop the genome that controls gene activity and is altered by the environment — of immune cells isolated from patients with asthma.

Previous research from the laboratory of Dan S. Kaufman at the Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, USA has demonstrated that large numbers of Natural Killer (NK) immune cells with potent anti-HIV activity [1] can be derived from hESCs and iPSCs [2, 3], although they lack antigen specific recognition receptors [4, 5].

The approach developed by the MGH team starts with the engineered protein, which in this case fuses an antibody fragment targeting a protein called mesothelin — expressed on the surface of such tumors as mesothelioma, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer — to a protein from the tuberculosis bacteria that stimulates the activity of dendritic and other immune cells.

More than that, we need compounds from colourful pigments in plants so that our immune systems can work effectively, our gut bacteria have the resources they need to work on our behalf and to scavenge and neutralise free radicals produced through the body's normal activity.

Beta - eudesmol also suppressed NF - KappaB and lowered the activity of the immune mast cells from which pro-inflammatory chemicals are churned out (study).

Fatigue is usually caused by immune activity which can sometimes be brought about by toxins entering the body from the gut.

And as I have mentioned previously, stress has a tendency to impair immune system activity by weakening the adrenal gland function, the very glands that help you recover from any kind of stressful event.

Aside from directly impacting your immune function, another explanation for why poor sleep can have such varied detrimental effects on your health is that your circadian system «drives» the rhythms of biological activity at the cellular level.

TINCTURES Arrowleaf Balsam Root Tincture — used as a tonic, strengthens the immune system by stimulating white blood cell activity Elderberry Tincture — concentrated for virus prevention and treatment, the berries contain proteins that inhibit viruses from entering cells Lomatium Root Tincture — used to treat H1N1 and H3N2 flu virus as an M2 inhibitor (starves viruses and keeps them from replicating), and completely inhibits cytopathic effects of the rotavirus Osha Root Tincture — a powerful antiviral and antibacterial agent for respiratory infections, alleviating mucous membrane pressure from inflammation to open bronchial passages Usnea Tincture — antibacterial that inhibits 16 known gram - positive bacteria (both the resistant and non-resistant strains) Valerian Root Tincture — smooth muscle relaxant for insomnia, back pain and sciatica

The immune system attacks these undigested foreign particles creating a deluge of activity that derails it from it's normal job of dealing with pollen.

CCII's properties can suppress pro-inflammatory activity to reduce joint discomfort and restore cartilage health.1 CCII from chicken sternal cartilage was shown to reduce chronic joint inflammation by helping to regulate humoral and cellular immune systems.

Qing Li and his colleagues from Nippon Medical School found that visits to the forest (compared with urban trips) can have a long - lasting influence on immune system markers, increasing the activity of antiviral cells and intracellular anti-cancer proteins — and these changes remained significant for a full week after the visit.

Bacteria can be released into the bloodstream whenever the patient chews or engages in any other oral activity can place a stress on the immune system of your pet, thereby rendering your pet more vulnerable to infections in areas distant from the mouth, and can have a substantial negative impact on overall health and longevity.

Unlike some biological therapies such as vaccines, mAbs mimic the activity of the animal's own naturally produced antibodies without provoking an immune response from the host.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

Overall, the Hughes case is interesting both as an example of the types of regulated activities that may be immune from Competition Act challenge and as well as a reminder for counsel that the potential application of the RCD must be carefully reviewed in cases that involve regulated entities.

But, what the circuit finally has held here, is that, what counts, is the remedy, for the constitutional violation, here I quote: although a municipality's legislators are all absolutely immune from suit for their legislative activities, the victims of their «legislative abuse» are not without recourse since under Monell the municipality itself can still «be held liable for constitutional violations.»

Such activities were not immune from liability at common law.

According to a press release from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, the office has identified three aspects of blockchain technology that make it a viable option for their activities: a permanent, immutable public record that is immune to well - funded nation - state attacks; a path towards paperless land transfers and so - called «e-deeds»; and reduced costs for offices across the country that want to upgrade electronic document processing systems.