Sentences with phrase «host immunity»
"Host immunity" refers to the body's ability to protect itself against harmful microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites. It involves various defenses and mechanisms that recognize and eliminate these invaders, helping to keep us healthy. Full definition
Borrelia, rather, induces milder inflammatory responses and has mastered evasion of host immunity so as to cause moderate disease without being recognized and eliminated.
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In the end, this leads to evasion from host immunity, a phenomenon commonly seen in leprosy.
«We really need to think about the interactions of retroviruses and host immunity as the product of an ancient arms race stretching back to the early origins of vertebrates,» Katzaourakis said.
This, in a nut shell, is evolution: 1) mutation produces variation in a population; and 2) selection (via host immunity) filters for those strains which are most fit (i.e. best suited to reproduce in a given environment).
Han and Silva also brought human evolution, host genetic diversity, and host immunity into the complex picture of leprosy.
sfRNA bound to and inhibited TRIM25, a protein important for activating the host's antiviral response, and so by reducing host immunity was able to increase its own fitness.
Elevated amounts of a viral noncoding RNA that suppresses host immunity likely led to an outbreak of dengue virus.
The nucleotide sequence diversity present among hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolates allows rapid adjustment to exterior forces including host immunity and drug therapy.
Ability to alter host immunity by increasing secretory IgA, lower inflammatory markers, etc 2.
Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity.
The SPD genes, some of them known to mediate host - cell attachment, modification of host immunity and immune evasion, frequently presented copy number variations across strains or were found amplified in tandems forming gene arrays.
In an article published in the journal eLife, Stowers Institute scientists explore the interplay between the microbiome, host immunity, tissue repair, and regeneration in planaria, a freshwater flatworm.
«Our findings indicate that exercise is another important factor in the relationship between the microbiota, host immunity and host metabolism, with diet playing an important role,» conclude the authors.
Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity — Christina Warinner — Nature Genetics — February 2014
«As we understand the nature of the interaction between viruses and host immunity, we will be better placed to intervene in this delicately balanced arms race in order to develop novel treatments and interventions,» Katzourakis noted.
On the plant side, we identify and characterize genes, proteins and molecular mechanisms that play a role in host immunity and susceptibility.