Sentences with phrase «immune defence»

In addition to using healthy cells to do their work for them, cancer cells also slowly destroy the skin's immune defence mechanism.

It has been previously known that smokers have an increased risk of developing diabetes and many types of cancer, and have a reduced immune defence and lower sperm quality.

With this in mind, the researchers set out to develop an effective antibacterial treatment, drawing their inspiration from naturally - occurring peroxidase enzymes that play a role in immune defence against bacterial infections.

The data on early - stage HIV infection collected during this study contributes to a better understanding of immune defence mechanisms and should result in opti - mising vaccination strategies.

These compounds counter oxidative stress, and prevent the production of free radicals, helping to maintain the natural immune defence system.

«Surprisingly, the immune response directed against these bacteria helps the patient to better fight his / her tumor, by stimulating fresh immune defence mechanisms.»

What was believed to be an overly active immune defence mechanism could in other words turn out to be a malignant infection brought on by bacteria, which only worsens the disease.

Nitric oxide, in turn, is a nervous system and immune defence mediator, and it also plays a role in vascular regulation.

Investigations showed that this is because the lizards» blood is loaded with antimicrobial peptides, or AMPs — an all - purpose immune defence.

Once inside the lymph nodes, these bacteria stimulate fresh immune defences which then enhance the body's ability to fight the malignant tumour.

«The catalogue of genes involved in immune defence responses is well conserved among different bee species regardless of their level of social organisation,» explained Dr. Robert Waterhouse from the University of Geneva and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, «but it is much smaller than in solitary insects such as flies and mosquitoes that often live in more pathogen - rich environments.»

«MHC genes — a group of genes encoding immune defence proteins — play an important role in bat mate choice, as they do for humans, mice and many other vertebrates, too, «states Simone Sommer, project leader, previously at the Leibniz - IZW and now at the University of Ulm.

The upper and lower airways often develop atrophy of the mucosa and impaired immune defences, resulting in more infections and cancers.

They must constantly evade their hosts» immune defences through waves of infections, while simultaneously prolonging the survival of their hosts, so as to ensure life - cycle completion and future transmission via other biting flies.

«Because microbes tune immune defence, this can be seen as a form of cooperative immunity: Sharing microbial allies and enemies makes infections by opportunist pathogens less likely,» said one of the study's authors.

In a healthy individual, any candida overgrowth will be prohibited by beneficial flora, the intestinal immune defence (secretory IgA) as well as intestinal pH.

Without a strong immune defence the body will not be able to fight off and control candida and chronic infection will result.

Systemic immune defence, however, works throughout the body.

Immunoglobulin (Ig) A plays an important role in gastrointestinal mucosal immune defence, and is present in mucosal secretions as a dimer, joined by the J - chain.

Research groups from Cologne and Würzburg are now reporting a new facet of the fungus - plant relationship in Nature Communications: The researchers identified a protein with which the fungus suppresses the immune defence of the populated plants.

The fact that the immune defence is suppressed by FGB1 in the case of Piriformospora indica, Zuccaro and Seibel can now demonstrate by combining the know - how of their working groups.

The new discoveries show that bacteria toxins in some patients enable cancer cells to send off signals that obstruct and change the immune defence mechanism, which would otherwise fight the cancer cells.

It is a continual fight between growing cancer cells and an immune defence mechanism that tries to contain the disease by obstructing and killing the cancer cells.

Scientist at the University of Copenhagen and Skejby Hospital will continue their work on how bacteria might affect the balance between the immune defence mechanism and the disease.

This variety is necessary to fulfil the diverse functions that blood performs — oxygen transport, immune defence or transport of nutrients, to name a few.

However, humans are endowed differently in terms of our immune defence.

IFNL4 is a member of the family of proteins called interferons (named after their ability to interfere with viruses), which are an essential part of our immune defence against viral infections.

This is paradoxical because IFNL4 is an essential part of our immune defence against viral infections, and should therefore have a positive effect,» says Associate Professor Rune Hartmann, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University.

The immune defence of the farm - born mice was constantly activated but at the same time powerfully regulated by germs from the cowshed.

But the bracoviruses, as they are called, carry genes that instead turn off the caterpillar's immune defence and render it helpless against the wasp larva that consumes it.

These millions of bacteria colonise the intestine from birth, and play a key role in the maturation of the immune defences.

Type - I interferons (IFNs) play a key role in the immune defences against viral and bacterial infections, and in cancer immunosurveillance.

Prior research has shown how nitrate is converted by the body to NO, a molecule that's involved in many numerous functions of the body, such as cell metabolism, the immune defence and blood pressure regulation.

Due to their small size, and the fact that their organ systems and immune defences are not fully developed, babies and small infants can become unwell very quickly.

NO is critical signalling molecule involved in many cellular and physiological processes, including, but not limited to: blood circulation, immune defence and neurotransmission.

Histidine regulates the immune defence in the body, allergic reactions and inflammatory processes.

All these approaches increase the immune defence system as well as supporting a healthy heart and other vital organs.