Sentences with phrase «immunological functioning of»

Miller's discovery of the immunological function of the thymus in the 1960s laid the foundations for much of modern immunology.

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Instead, HMOs have an important immunological function, acting as prebiotics and promoting the intestinal growth of commensal bacteria, in particular Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis and B.bifidum.

But it is not just the function of immunological molecules in the developing brain that the new findings might help illuminate — they could also help explain the molecular processes involved in neurodegeneration, the researchers say.

We are using now a genetic yeast two - hybrid screen with this biosensor to identify new proteins that are important for the structure and function of the Immunological Synapse.

Since then he has continued to investigate new strategies to overcome the major hurdles to safe and effective gene transfer, translate then into new therapeutic strategies for genetic disease and cancer, and allowed new insights into hematopoietic stem cell function, induction of immunological tolerance and tumor angiogenesis.

Through the use of immunological, molecular and cell biological techniques, my laboratory is defining the phenotype and function of different monocyte subsets that infiltrate the central nervous system following traumatic injury.

A motif in the V3 domain of the kinase PKC -[theta] determines its localization in the immunological synapse and functions in T cells via association with CD28.

Additionally, mesenchymal stem cells induce the production of T regulatory cells, a type of immune cell whose function is to protect the body against immunological self - attack.

The results were even more auspicious when the investigators stratified vaccinated subjects by antibody responder status: subjects who successfully mounted an immunological response to the vaccine enjoyed statistically significant benefits as measured with the IGA, the two motor function subscales of the MDS - UPDRS, and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ - 39) of quality of life (though not on the PD Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMS - Quest / PD - NMS)-RRB-, while no benefit was observed in nonresponders on any scale (Table 1).

The successful candidate will study how defined immune evasion functions encoded by CMV impact on immunological control of virus, and the progression of disease.

Among many other important biological and immunological functions, Growth Factors cause the growth of new blood vessels, connective and nerve tissues by the activation of Stem Cells that are normally found in all parts of the human body.

All of our body systems require immunological markers and cells in order to function optimally.

There are a number of well - established relationships between micronutrients and immunological function.

Furthermore, we know from studies that immune cells do have the ability to leave the bloodstream, making blood tests for immunological function a limited view of what is happening with these cells.

Recent research supports biotin as a powerful player in the regulation of immunological and inflammatory functions in the body.

The relations between independent predictor variables (measures of immunological and psychological function at entry to the trial, age of onset, and duration of illness) and dependent dichotomous outcome variables (self rated global outcome; presence or absence of caseness on the general health questionnaire at follow up; reduced or normal delayed responses to hypersensitivity skin test) were examined in separate logistic regression analyses.