Sentences with phrase «immune system components»

The inflammatory response directs immune system components to the site of injury or infection.

When researchers transferred antibody - rich serum from vaccinated to unvaccinated mice, the unvaccinated animals were also protected from later H5N1 infection, an indication that the protection came from antibodies rather than from other immune system components.

Looking for immune abnormalities throughout the lifespan of the mice, the group found that most immune system components stayed the same in number, but a type of brain - resident immune cells called microglia that are known first responders to infection begin to divide and change early in the disease.

In a study of medical students under exam - time stress, investigators found that those who received «hypnotic - relaxation training» did not show the same reduction in key immune system components that their untrained counterparts did.

If ingested, the fungal cells resist digestion while hiding from antibodies, T cells, and other immune system components, effectively converting a macrophage into a microbial Trojan horse.

A tangle of virus and antibodies in their lungs activated an immune system component called complement, which failed to clear the mess and instead attacked lung tissue.

The discovery suggests that blocking this immune system component may help reduce inflammation in human autoimmune and hyper - inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Type 2 diabetes.

He is particularly interested in «memory» T cells, the immune system components that can recognize a foreign substance, such as HIV, that they have seen before and attack when they see it again.

Research shows how signaling by an immune system component appears to play an important role in driving particularly aggressive prostate cancer...

If none of these things help then it is usually necessary to use immunosuppressive drugs to try to reduce the immune system component of the disorder.

Its structural component helps prevent the physical absorption of the large protein molecules while the immune system component acts as a sensor which effectively recognizes the presence of harmful contents in the gut.