Sentences with phrase «important immune cell types»

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CRAC channels control the entry of calcium into immune and other cell types, and calcium is an important intracellular signaling molecule that modulates cytokine production and the immune response.

CD4 cells (also known as T4 or helper T cells) are lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell), which are important in immune responses.

The T - lymphocytes, or T - cells, are a particular type of white blood corpuscle that is important to the immune system.

This work, which appeared online in Cell, sheds light on the development and function of a cell type that is increasingly recognized as having an important role in the body's immune defeCell, sheds light on the development and function of a cell type that is increasingly recognized as having an important role in the body's immune defecell type that is increasingly recognized as having an important role in the body's immune defense.

«The ratio of two types of immune cells, CD4 and CD8, which are often abnormally reversed in HIV, normalized, and the HIV - resistant cells even migrated to the gut mucosa, an important site for the virus,» Lalezari says.

HIV primarily infects CD4 T cells, which are a type of white blood cell that plays an important role in regulating the immune response.

In an effort to further define the importance of GATA - 3, researchers at the University of North Carolina have traced how the protein performs important functions in CD8 + T - cell type of the immune system.

Human genetic studies strongly point to apolipoprotein E (APOE) and microglia (the immune cells of the brain) as, respectively, the most important gene and cell type in the chain of events leading to Alzheimer's disease (AD), a common disorder in the elderly in which the brain is damaged and memories falter.

11/6/2007 UCSD Researchers Discover Inflammation, Not Obesity, Cause of Insulin Resistance Findings may have important potential for new drug discoveries in fight against Type 2 diabetes Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that inflammation provoked by immune cells called macrop... More...

Hofbauer cells: A type of immune cell, found in the placenta, which has been recently discovered to play an important role in Zika transmission to a fetus.

Melatonin is important for the proper functioning of your immune system, scavenging free radicals, reducing inflammation, and helping your body to rid itself of cancer cells; multiple studies point to the role of melatonin in protecting you from multiple types of cancer, including breast cancer

With bitters, digestive enzyme secretions are increased, helping to promote the complete breakdown of nutrients into their absorbable units, preventing gas formation when large molecules are acted upon by bacteria further down the small intestine.2, 11 The complete breakdown of proteins is particularly important, as the cross reactivity of immune cells between undigested protein molecules and intestinal cells plays an important role in the etiology of conditions such as celiac disease.15 Insulin and glucagon secretions are stimulated, helping to stabilize blood sugar levels.3, 11 Many bitters formulations have been traditionally used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, and it is interesting to point out that many naturally sweet substances are often paired with some bitterness in nature.4, 11 Herbalist Jim McDonald hypothesizes that our cravings for sweetness may mask cravings for bitterness for this reason.4

Glycoproteins and polysaccharide molecules like glycosaminoglycans are important structural components of the body; certain cell types rely on glucose for energy; and the immune system relies on glucose for generation of reactive oxygen species to kill pathogens.

Lymphocytes are important to the dog's immune system as they are a type of white blood cell that can produce antibodies that attack foreign matter, such as invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins associated with kennel cough virus (27).