Sentences with phrase «identified as invaders»

This acts as a camouflage, tricking the body's immune system so the nanoparticles aren't identified as invaders and destroyed before they reach the site of the clot.

Antigens are any substance that the immune system identifies as an invader and responds to by producing a chemical defense: antibodies.

Not exact matches

«The body identifies the allergen as an invader and to protect itself, creates antibodies called immunoglobulin E, or IgE,» said Dr. Anita Gewurz, director of the Allergy / Immunology Training Program of Rush Medical College and Hospital, and an allergist at Rush - Presbyterian - St.

Doctors diagnosed the problem as alopecia areata, a genetically determined autoimmune disease in which the body's T cells identify hair - follicle cells as foreign invaders and try to destroy them.

The treatment, called CAR - T immunotherapy, uses genetically engineered T cells, immune system fighters usually tasked with identifying invaders in the body, such as bacteria, viruses or foreign cells.

Natural Killer cells identify viral - infected cells as foreign invaders and make them commit suicide.

When the immune system identifies these errant proteins as invaders, it does what it does in response to any other invading pathogen: mount an attack and fortify the body's defenses by releasing histamine (which tries to get rid of the «pathogen» by inducing diarrhea, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and all the other symptoms you might get from an allergic or intolerance reaction).

Its job is to help the body identify and fight foreign invaders such as environmental toxins, bacteria, and viruses.

The alien invaders create bio-mechanical monsters (half man and half machine robots, with the humans used for body parts) for the purpose of exterminating the virus they identify only as humans and to accomplish their aim of conquering the world.

When this happens your dog's body will identify these foods as foreign invaders and mount an immune response.