Sentences with phrase «in lysyl»
Wagenseil's novel approach, recently published in Heart and Circulatory Physiology, focused on the genetic signaling and mechanical effects of mutations in lysyl oxidase, or LOX.
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Copper is also necessary for the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.
The study, Lysyl oxidase and adipose tissue dysfunction, found that this molecule is more prevalent in fat tissue of obese people and that it was increased by inflammation and oxygen deprivation.
The research published in the journal Metabolism, examined a molecule called Lysyl oxidase (LOX) which regulates scarring by making tissue stiffer.
To help prevent such conditions, Iyer and colleagues at The University of Western Australia, Fiona Wood Foundation and Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit, together with Pharmaxis Ltd., (all in Australia) are studying compounds that inhibit an enzyme called lysyl oxidase, or LOX.
«The preliminary data strongly suggest that lysyl oxidase inhibition alters the collagen architecture and restores it to the normal architecture found in the skin,» Iyer says.
MCF - 7 Cells Expressing Nuclear - associated Lysyl Oxidase - like 2 (LOXL2) Exhibit an Epithelial - to - Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Phenotype and are Highly Invasive In Vitro.
• Copper — This mineral acts as a co-factor in the enzyme lysyl oxidase.
It is a cofactor in several oxidative enzymes vital to the function of hematopoietic, vascular and skeletal tissues, as well as the structure and function of the nervous system, including superoxide dismutase (oxygen radical scavenger), cytochrome - c oxidase (mitochondrial respiration), lysyl oxidase (collagen and elastin synthesis) and ceruloplasmin ferroxidase / haephestin (iron metabolism).
In addition, copper is a cofactor for the activity of a vital enzyme called lysyl oxidase.
Avocado oil was found in the study above to decrease lysyl oxidase activity.
The effects inside the body could be drastically different, but in this instance, it's likely that applying avocado oil topically will inhibit lysyl oxidase as well.
Copper is also necessary for the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.