Sentences with phrase «immune system attacks part»

The Zika virus may cause Guillain - Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system.

MONDAY, Feb. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- The Zika virus may cause Guillain - Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system, new research suggests.

autoimmune disease - a disorder in which a person's immune system attacks parts of his or her own body.

In diseases such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, the body's immune system attacks parts of the digestive tract.

Both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are autoimmune diseases, meaning the immune system attacks parts of the body (in the case of psoriatic arthritis, the joints).

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This means that in those with the condition the immune system is mistakenly triggered by a substance to produce antibodies and to attack parts of their own body.

Side effects of the treatment included skin rashes, thyroid problems and diarrhea as the therapy caused the immune system to attack other parts of the body.

The researchers studied two types of cells called effector T cells, which activate the immune system to defend our body against different pathogens, and regulatory T cells, which help control the immune system and prevent it from attacking healthy parts of its environment.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the joints, causing inflammation, pain, and eventually destruction of the tissues that make up this essential body part.

The genes revealed the array of immune system signaling molecules and steroid hormones taking part in the immune attack on the embryo.

Since the immune system does not normally attack its own platelets, the camouflage provides safe passage to the cancer cells as they migrate to distant parts of the body.

Following a tissue graft transplant — such as that of the face, hand, arm or leg — it is standard for doctors to immediately give transplant recipients immunosuppressant drugs to prevent their body's immune system from rejecting and attacking the new body part.

He explains, «The protein that Kathryn characterized is part of the process by which these molecules trick the human immune system so that it doesn't attack the bacteria as hard as it should, so they survive in the body.

They currently have a trial under way at the U-M Health System which tests a two - part gene therapy approach in patients with brain tumors called gliomas in an effort to get the immune system to attack the System which tests a two - part gene therapy approach in patients with brain tumors called gliomas in an effort to get the immune system to attack the system to attack the tumor.

This includes transplantation into parts of the body where the replacement cells are less likely to be attacked by the immune system or placement of the cells into protective capsules.

For Dr. Lu, the most exciting part of her research is «the chance of actually using the immune system to attack tumors and to protect the patient.»

Increases levels of properdin, a chemical that activates part of the immune system responsible for increasing defence mechanisms against viral and bacterial attacks.

Numbness in different parts of the body including the legs is one of the most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a condition in which the immune system attacks the sheath around nerve cells.

It is generally understood that autoimmune disease is a scenario in which the immune system mistakenly attacks part of the body, thinking that healthy cells are foreign or harmful antigens.

However, when someone has an autoimmune disorder, the immune system goes into overdrive and starts attacking non-foreign body parts, tissues and organs and causes your entire body to be inflamed and hostile.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks myelin, the protective sheath around nerve cells that helps send messages to the brain and other parts of the body.

Once the immune system has made the mistake of attacking one part of the body, it is more likely to attack others including reproductive tissue and even the implanted embryo.

When these bacteria are present, the immune system attacks not only them but also parts of our body that may have similar appearing proteins.

Both are autoimmune diseases, meaning they cause the immune system to attack parts of the body.

In rheumatoid arthritis, the body's immune system attacks the lining of the joint capsule, a tough membrane that encloses all the joint parts.

Autoimmunity is an extremely common disorder today in which the immune system attacks and destroys part of the body.

Celiac disease (CD) is an auto - immune condition, meaning it is a condition in which a person's immune system recognises parts of its digestive system as foreign and begins to attack it.

A rise in auto - antibody levels means your immune system is attacking some part or parts of your own body.

However, in the case of auto - immune diseases, the immune system actually attacks parts of the body it is supposed to protect.

As a result, the immune system attacks and destroys specific parts of the body, such as the thyroid gland.

Or it may occur if the immune system becomes confused, such as in someone who has antibodies to gluten that also end up attacking other parts of the body that resemble gluten.

Autoimmunity is when the immune system attacks and destroys a part of the body, such as the thyroid gland (Hashimoto's hypothyroidism), the pancreas (Type I diabetes), or the nervous system (multiple sclerosis).

Gigi also explained that getting treated for Hashimoto's disease, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is a condition in which, «Your immune system attacks your thyroid... The thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system, which produces hormones that coordinate many of your body's functions.

Autoimmune diseases are those in which your dog's defective immune system attacks and damages parts of its own body.

In other words, it appears to be a problem in the immune system, where the immune system recognizes parts of the nervous system as foreign and attacks the spinal cord leading to progressive deterioration of the spinal cord and paralysis.

After extensive testing, Dr. Megan Morgan discovered that he had the systemic autoimmune disease, Lupus, and that his immune system was attacking many parts of his body, including his joints.

Her thinking is that the dog's immune system attacks its own body tissue — the eye and parts of the brain that control hormone release.