Sentences with phrase «immune cell communication»
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Taking a closer look, the team found that the onset of sepsis disrupts the normal activity of specific interferons, signaling proteins used for communication between immune system cells.
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Their paper, which appears in Nature Communications, describes how an immune cell recruited to the tumor induces the programmed suicide, or apoptosis, of the killer T cells harnessed by many immunotherapies.
Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) and UC Cancer Institute researchers have found that a vaccine, targeting tumors that produce a certain protein and receptor responsible for communication between cells and the body's immune system, could initiate the immune response to fight cancer.
«Communication between lung tumors, bones contributes to tumor progression: Study identifying interaction among tumor cells, bone marrow and immune cells opens new avenue for immunotherapy.»
Interleukin - 33 (IL - 33), discovered in 2003 by Jean - Philippe Girard's team, is a protein in the family of interleukins, soluble messengers that enable communication between cells in the immune system and play a crucial role in tissue inflammation.
They not only exist in many different varieties, but also perform a wide range of functions, ranging from intracellular communication and the transport of substances into or out of the cell to mediating the immune response.
When NFkB is activated, immune cells are activated — they proliferate and produce communication chemicals that call up even more immune cells.
With respect to biological applications, the group is focusing on how cellular heterogeneity and cell - to - cell communication drive ensemble - level decision - making in the immune system, with an emphasis on «two - body» interaction (e.g., host cell - virus interactions, innate immune control of adaptive immunity, tumor infiltration by immune cells).
«Cytokines provide the intercellular communication links between the immune system and other tissues and organs... Thus, the study of cytokines has helped to propel immunology from the limited areas of immunological specificity to larger concerns of the cell biology, biochemical, molecular, and clinical aspects of host defense.»
Her aim is to understand, at the molecular level, the mechanisms that control communication between the brain, immune system, and blood vessels — with the ultimate goal of designing new therapies that slow, stop, or reverse the progression of a wide range of neurological disorders, such as MS. Recently, Dr. Akassoglou's lab identified how microglia — a type of immune cell that acts as the brain's first line of defense — are activated when fibrinogen enters the brain or spinal cord.
New research from King's College London has revealed a previously undiscovered mechanism of cellular communication, between neurons and immune cells, in neuropathic pain.
Recent publication: T - cell activation is an immune correlate of risk in BCG vaccinated infants Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11290 (2016) doi: 10.1038 / ncomms11290 Helen A. Fletcher, Margaret A. Snowden, Bernard Landry, Wasima Rida, Iman Satti, Stephanie A. Harris, Magali Matsumiya, Rachel Tanner, Matthew K. O'Shea, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, Leah Bogardus, Lisa Stockdale, Leanne Marsay, Agnieszka Chomka, Rachel Harrington - Kandt, Zita - Rose Manjaly - Thomas, Vivek Naranbhai, Elena Stylianou, Fatoumatta Darboe, Adam Penn - Nicholson et al..
Different types of immune cells use cytokine / chemokine as the language for communication.
Another autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs when the immune system attacks the body's own nerve cells and disrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body.
«My argument is that the three classic areas of neuroscience, endocrinology, and immunology, with their various organs — the brain (which is the key organ that the neuroscientists study), the glands, and the immune system (consisting of the spleen, the bone marrow, the lymph nodes, and of course the cells circulating throughout the body)-- that these three areas are actually joined to each other in a bidirectional network of communication and that the information «carriers» are the neuropeptides.»
In a notable example of this web - like communication, perceptions of stress can activate monocytes in the bone marrow that then feed back to sensitize the brain and its resident immune cells to further the stress response.
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In addition to their antioxidant and immune - enhancing activity, carotenoids have shown the ability to stimulate cell - to - cell communication.
Coz it improves cell communication, improves your immune system's stability - can recognize whether it's a virus, whether it's yeast, parasites as opposed to uhm normal cell right?
Key Insight: The body forms histamine as an important part of brain cell communication and immune regulation — what's not to love about that?
It also helps you produce enzymes needed for immune system function, supports brain cell communication and helps your body process vitamin A.
They're people texting friends and family on their cell phones, the communication method du jour, favored by the under - 30 set (although the rest of us are not immune).