Sentences with phrase «immune defense against these infections»

The immune defense against these infections is glucose - dependent (as it relies on production of reactive oxygen species using glucose) and thyroid hormone - dependent (as thyroid hormone drives not only glucose availability, but also the availability of iodine for the myeloperoxidase pathway).

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Because of a week immune system, defense against microbes is also weak, as a result the child is likely to suffer from infections and illnesses that a baby with normal birth won't.

Breastfeeding lets a mother pass on antibodies from her own immune system through her breast milk, to boost her baby's defense against infections.

The discoveries reported in two independent studies in the American Journal of Human Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infection.

The immune system typically mounts waves of defense against viral infections.

Looking for an answer, Emerman and colleagues homed in on the immune protein TRIM5α, one of several proteins involved in innate immunity, the body's first line of defense against viral infection.

«This research builds upon our past findings and further demonstrates that our immune system requires zinc to achieve a balanced and effective defense against overwhelming infection,» said Knoell.

In a review published June 1 in Trends in Immunology, researchers discuss how the omentum is also an important immune organ that serves as a first line of defense against toxins and infection — hardly what you'd expect from a layer of fat.

Knowing the answer is important both as a matter of basic immunology and because NK cells, as crucial members of the body's first line of infection defense, are often the subjects of efforts to harness the immune system in protection against infections and cancer.

T - cells represent an essential element of our immune system's defense against viral infections.

Furthermore, the immune response was simplified to a few antimicrobial proteins, such as lysozyme, which acts as the innate line of defense against infection.

In people with SCID, the stem cells that would become T cells — one of the immune system's main lines of defense against infection — lack a crucial protein receptor that tells them to start reproducing.

Toll - like receptors 9 and 3 as essential components of innate immune defense against mouse cytomegalovirus infection.

Warner Greene, MD, PhD, director and senior investigator of GIVI, co-director with Volberding of the UCSF - GIVI Center For AIDS Research (CFAR), and one of the amfAR Institute's four project directors, said the team's strategy would focus on stimulating the less specialized, «innate» immune system that forms the first line of defense against infections.

It can also help your body break down certain medications, provide a layer of defense against infection, and help your immune system function optimally by actually protecting you against those harmful strains of bacteria.

Macrophages embedded in the GALT are part of the innate immune system, or the non-specific, first line of defense against infection (Fasano, 2011; Yu & Yang, 2009).

High - doses of vitamin D can improve immune health and improve the defense against infections.

Probiotics regulate the digestive system, improve immune function and serve as the first line of defense against infections.

Supports strong kidney health, aids in detoxification pathways and the antioxidant defense system, helps defend against infection and supports immune health * --

There is some feeling that nasal vaccines may provide a more complete stimulation to the area of the immune system responsible for defense against the infection in question.

When the immune system mounts a defense against the invaded white cells, which are themselves infection - fighting cells, the immune system ends up damaging its own protective cells and tissues,» says Dr. Richards.

A strong immune system will be your dog's best defense against infection.

A cat's best defense against upper respiratory infection is a healthy immune system.

From this perspective, social adversity and perceived threat in childhood should upregulate the innate immune system, a system that provides immediate defense against infection, and enhance pro-inflammatory response tendencies as a way to prepare for potential impending tissue damage and infection.