Sentences with phrase «immune molecules normally»

It seems that immune molecules normally triggered by cold temperatures can make fat mice lose weight — without the need for the mercury to drop.

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Yet until she proved otherwise, few scientists thought MHCI or other so - called «immune molecules» were even present in a normally functioning brain.

The innate immune system is the first line of defense in cells, and normally distinguishes molecules that belong to the body from foreign, disease - causing, molecules.

Mice normally can not sustain a Zika infection because the virus triggers secretion of interferons, molecules that bolster immune responses.

And when they pre-treated immune cells from vaccinated major allele carriers with a molecule that inhibits the receptor that is normally stimulated by IL - 28B, they saw a stronger antibody response after the cells were stimulated with influenza vaccine.

After looking at lung samples from 75 young and middle - aged adult victims of the 2009 pandemic, they found an uncanny amount of a protein called C4d, a molecule that normally binds to antibodies to form virus - fighting immune complexes.

The TCGA analysis showed tumors with PTEN loss in the background of BRCA1 / 2 deficiency had lower levels of cytolytic immune molecules and immune - activating pathways that would normally drive immune responses against tumors.

Further analysis revealed that microbes (and their fat molecules) normally found in infant guts help to keep inflammation in check and boost the regulatory power of so - called T cells, the worker bees of the immune system.

Normally, the immune system is prevented from acting on these whole protein molecules by the gut - associated lymphoid tissue, better known as GALT.