Sentences with phrase «in cell respiration»

A trace mineral found in all body tissues, it works in cell respiration, synthesis of hemoglobin and production of collagen.

For example, said Schuetz, they do not know whether heme's role in cell respiration is the only important one in supporting AML progression, since heme plays a wide range of roles in the cell.

Not exact matches

To help make ideas about energy more concrete, for example, the new unit will use a variety of analogies from more familiar physical systems (e.g., combustion and charging a cellphone battery) to help students understand those same energy - releasing and energy - requiring chemical reactions and energy transfer when they occur in living organisms (e.g., cellular respiration, creating a charge across a membrane in mitochondria and nerve cells) where the reactions are more complex and difficult to observe.

Mitochondria, specialized organelles found in nearly every cell of the body, use cellular respiration to generate one of the most important sources of chemical energy — adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a versatile nucleotide that powers everything from cell division to cell signaling to transportation of large molecules across the cell membrane.

And what happens in the fresh state is basically when respiration ends, when we stop breathing and we stop clearing toxins from cells, all those processes that were ongoing — and the cells don't know what yet, right; the rest of the body, the heart has stopped, the brain is stopping, but the cells still have some chemistry that's going on after the body has died.

Many cancers get energy from glycolysis, which occurs in the liquid inside cells, rather than via aerobic respiration from mitochondria.

Seahorse XF test kits and reagents simplify cellular bioenergetics by providing precalibrated, pretested reagents for metabolic phenotyping, mitochondrial respiration, glycolysis, and fatty - acid oxidation in cells.

«Thus in our new paper, we postulate that vitamin C is stimulating respiration of the Mtb cells in mice, thus enabling the action of isoniazid and rifampicin.»

In earlier studies, the investigators discovered that while high levels of vitamin C will kill actively dividing cells, lower concentrations will stimulate respiration and prevent the formation of persisters, said Dr. Jacobs.

Then, in the presence of TB drugs, that increased respiration will lead to rapid death of the cells.

Exposure to copper damages the bacterial respiration and DNA, resulting in irreversible cell breakdown and death.»

This name can cause problems; in biology the word «respiration» can mean cellular respiration or metabolism (ATP generation inside cells), however sometimes (such as here) it can also refer to breathing (which is how the word is most often used by non-biologists).

Both processes enable the cell to produce energy, but in different ways; respiration yields more energy overall, but fermentation can occur even when oxygen is completely absent.

Like all cells, tumor cells produce energy in two different ways: respiration, which requires oxygen, and glycolysis, which does not.

Aside of the inhibition of signal transduction, on - target repositioning assumes that the targets recognized in nematods, such as mitochondrial respiration and microtubules, are hit in cancer cells [70, 89, 90].

Similar to the targets in helminths, pyrvinium impairs glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration in cancer cells.

Several functions vary among the members of this group of bacteria, such as metabolism of nitrogen, respiration, cell wall and capsule, stress response, secondary metabolite biosynthesis, regulation and cell signaling; this variation in gene functions could help us understand the ability of colonization and adaptability of these rhizosphere - colonizing bacteria.

They used this system, with modifications for mitochondrial targeting and orthotopic translation, to rescue respiration in human mitochondriopathy cells.

Testing eight different combinations of the corrective tRNAs, each designed with or without the RP import signal, its modified aminoacyl stem, or the MTS, they found that with the inclusion of all three modifications — and only with their inclusion — expression of their constructs induced a substantial increase in mitochondrially - encoded protein synthesis (6 -8-fold) and respiration (~ 2.5-fold) in mutant cybrid cells.

In the hypothalamus, may have a dual effect on mitochondrial respiration depending upon the agonist dose and possibly upon the cell type.

To develop new insights we have examined the diabetes development associated with this disease and discovered that ß - cells have a metabolic problem resulting from a defect in importing cysteine; this defect results in an accumulation of glutamate and a defect in respiration.

Poster: In vitro generation of insulin producing cells with insulin secretion kinetics and mitochondrial respiration similar to adult human islets [Poster T2190] Speaker: Dr. Alireza Rezania, Senior Director, Discovery Date / Time: June 23, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., PDT

In 1931 Otto Heinrich Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his study on the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells, particularly cancer cellIn 1931 Otto Heinrich Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his study on the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells, particularly cancer cellin Physiology for his study on the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells, particularly cancer cells.

A complex chemical process within your cells, called cellular respiration, ultimately converts the energy stored in the foods you eat into a form that is optimized for use at the cellular level of your muscles.

«Cells depend on cellular respiration as an energy source and during periods of food deprivation or in the absence of glucose, these cells can also resort to ketosis as an additional source of energy.&rCells depend on cellular respiration as an energy source and during periods of food deprivation or in the absence of glucose, these cells can also resort to ketosis as an additional source of energy.&rcells can also resort to ketosis as an additional source of energy.»

Once oxygen has been delivered to your muscle cells it is used in the cellular respiration chemical reaction to produce ATP energy.

This goes back to the work of German physician Otto Warburg in the 1920s and 1930s, and we know that healthy cells generate energy using an oxygen - based process of respiration.

Cardiorespiratory fitness is a measure of how well your body is able to transport oxygen to your muscles during prolonged exercise, and also of how well your muscles are able to absorb and use the oxygen, once it has been delivered, to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy via cellular respiration (cellular respiration is a chemical process in your body's cells that converts the energy stored in the food you eat into the ATP form of energy that is recruited for use by your muscles).

However, an example of a factor that affects the ability of your muscles to absorb oxygen would be the extent of the blood capillary distribution at your muscles (more blood capillaries means more surface area for oxygen absorption), and an example of a factor that affects the ability of your muscles to use oxygen would be the mitochondrial density of your muscles (mitochondria are organelles in your cells that are primarily responsible for the cellular respiration process that uses oxygen to create ATP energy).

This includes a detailed, yet a fully understandable description of the biochemistry of aerobic respiration versus anaerobic fermentation, glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, the electron transport chain, lactic acid overproduction and how cancer cells develop as a result of mitochondrial metabolic dysfunction leading to genetic errors, resulting in metastasis.

Normal cells in our bodies produce energy to do everything through a process scientists call «respiration».

As Patton Sarley writes in his article for Kripalu: «Cellular respiration, the source of all our physical energy and expression in the world, is dependent on a constant flow of oxygen being delivered to each cell and carbon dioxide being taken away.»

Included in this bundle: Biodiversity and Human Interaction Biologists Cell Division Cellular Transport Chemistry of Life Ecology Evolution and Natural Selection Genetics Human Body General Terms Human Body Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems Human Body Digestive System Human Body Endocrine System Human Body Excretory System Human Body Integumentary System Human Body Muscular System Human Body Nervous System Human Body Respiratory System Human Body Skeletal System Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Plant Structure and Function Scientific Method Taxonomy The Cell Types of Science What is Life

Covering: B1 - Cell Structure and transport B2 - Cell Division B3 - Organisation and the Digestive System B4 - Organising animals and plants B5 - Communicable Diseases B6 - Preventing and Treating Disease B7 - Non-Communicable Diseases B8 - Photosynthesis B9 - Respiration B10 - The Human Nervous System B11 - Hormonal Coordination B12 - Homeostasis in Action (GCSE Biology Only) B13 - Reproduction B14 - Variation and Evolution B15 - Genetics and Evolution B16 - Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition B17 - Organising an Ecosystem B18 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems

The topics covered across the three years are: Biology Humans as organisms - health, diet, exercise, nervous system, disease and control Living processes - respiration, reproduction, transport in cells, Variation, evolution, inheritance & genetics - cloning, mutation and natural selection Ecosystems and habitats - food webs, interdependence and extinction

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

Copper promotes normal red blood cell formation, acts as a catalyst in storage and release of iron to form hemoglobin for red blood cells, assists in the production of several enzymes involved in respiration, promotes connective - tissue formation and central nervous system function and promotes normal insulin function.

This toxin stops the cell respiration as a non-competitive inhibitor for an enzyme in the mitochondria that is referred to as cytochrome c oxidase, causing asphyxiation in the cells.