Sentences with phrase «important immune receptor»

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The series of receptors regulates pain, mood, the immune system, memory, appetite, stress, and other important functions.

Every cell in the body have vitamin D receptors, which means that D - vitamin is very important for optimal health and the immune system.

«We are excited to demonstrate for the first time that cannabinoid receptors play an important role in the prolongation of rejection of a foreign graft by suppressing immune response in the recipient, said Mitzi Nagarkatti, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

To test the role of innate immune response in the mouse model of ALS, the researchers focused on Toll - like receptors (TLR), which are important sensors for innate immunity.

In addition, the strain isolated from lions and hyenas during the 1993/1994 epidemic had rare mutations in two viral proteins: the CDV - H protein, which binds to the host cell receptor (called SLAM CD 150) and therefore plays an important role to facilitate viral entry into host cells, and the CDV - V protein, which enables the virus to manipulate the innate immune response of the host.

Michael Croft, Ph.D., and his team focus on a number of molecules that are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, a group of proteins believed to play important roles in the ability of the immune system to guard the body against harmful microorganisms.