Sentences with phrase «in the lungs of»

Every breath we take includes about a billion oxygen molecules that have been, at one time or another, in the lungs of every one of the fifty billion humans who have ever lived.

Additionally, the National Institutes of Health reports that doctors found higher levels of nicotine and cotinine in the lungs of babies who died of SIDS than infants that passed away as a result of other causes.

In this study, the researchers first exposed mice to house dust mites and found that production of pro-inflammatory IL - 17A and IL - 17F was triggered in the lungs of the animals.

The scientists found far more of the chitinase than in the lungs of healthy animals.

The research team, Heller says, has already begun experiments to further explore the implications of these results, which include looking at differences in this pathway between cells taken from allergic and healthy individuals, and testing the efficacy of an inhalable drug that mimics the function of GRB1 and p70S6K to shut off the development of M2 macrophages in the lungs of mice.

Compared to a control (left), epalrestat treatment (right) reduces the number of metastatic tumors (arrowheads) in the lungs of mice injected with human basal - like breast cancer cells.

PET scans showed dramatically increased glucose metabolism in the lungs of 20 immune - compromised pediatric cancer patients with flu and other respiratory infections compared to patients without infections.

However, Feske and his colleagues found that calcium signals also are required for the development of iTreg cells and that their numbers are strongly reduced in the lungs of the infected STIM1 - deficient mice.

«This was associated with an unexpected accumulation of T - cells in the lungs of infected mice that lack STIM1.»

In the first series of tests, researchers found that luteolin inhibited the metastasis of triple - negative cancer in the lungs of affected mice.

Others note that the ability to re-create conditions closer to the sputum in the lung of a CF patient will lead to better understanding of how different strains of the bacterium behave.

One of the most dangerous of these bacteria is P. aeruginosa, which, within the unique mucus that forms in the lungs of a person with cystic fibrosis, develops into large, antibiotic - resistant colonies.

In addition, low levels of PD1 in the lungs of influenza - virus - infected mice were associated with severe infection and highly pathogenic viruses, such as H5N1.

Substances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit the harmful bacterium's biofilm, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

When the mucosal surfaces in the lungs of healthy people come into contact with allergenic substances, so - called regulatory T cells also known as Treg cells, are activated.

Substances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit the harmful bacterium's biofilm, according to new research.

Previous studies had found that the microRNA was present at increased levels in the dendritic cells in the lungs of smokers with emphysema.

Heaton et al. now report that a special type of epithelial cell in the lungs of mice — called club cells — survive influenza infection.

On the streets of the cancer villages and in the lungs of the meso ¬ thelioma patients, Baris, Pooley and their collaborators found microscopic bits of erionite, which has fibrous qualities like those of asbestos.

ILC2 cells are also found in the lungs of mice, but they are rare.

The first of many probable applications will likely be the chronic bacterial infections in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients «that frequently develop resistance to all standard antibiotics, and are the leading cause of death in these patients,» says senior author Ronald Montelaro.

Only in the lungs of the private did they find pieces of viral RNA.

How do microbes duke it out in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients?

By comparing gene expression in the lungs of ducks infected with either highly or weakly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses, the team identified genes whose expression patterns were altered in response to avian influenza viruses.

The researchers next showed that the Smurf1 gene controls M. tuberculosis growth in human macrophages and that the Smurf1 protein was found in association with bacteria in the lungs of patients with tuberculosis infections.

One promising approach may be to develop drugs that stimulate the reproduction of AEC2 cells in the lungs of patients who lack enough of these cells, Noble said.

In multiple trials of mice with both active and chronic TB infections, researchers report that one version of the new drug — an analog known as 1599 — was as good as or better than current TB drugs at reducing levels of the bacteria in the lungs of mice.

In the converse experiment, the group showed that when increasing lipid production in lungs of animals already injured and developing pulmonary fibrosis, lung scarring could be reduced by 70 - 80 percent.

Dr. Summer and colleagues are currently working to develop a therapy that could restore lipid production in the lungs of pulmonary fibrosis patients and slow the fibrotic process.

VANCOUVER, CANADA — There's a war going on in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.

The findings are significant, because the nanoparticles not only remained in circulation, but also accumulated in mouse tumors, as well as in the lungs of healthy mice, suggesting that the approach also may enhance treatment for lung diseases.

Epigenetic changes have been found in the lungs of smokers and cord blood of infants prenatally exposed to smoke, writes Feinberg.

Scientists have found potential evidence of Ebola virus replication in the lungs of a person recovering from infection, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

In the past, researchers studied Pseudomonas in isolation despite the fact that it's rarely the lone bacterium in the lungs of people with CF. Hoffman decided to study how Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus aureus — the other bacterium most commonly found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients — behave when the two are grown together.

We also sequenced several members of the Burkholderia cenocepacia complex that are important pathogens in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.

The immunopathology in all experiments in the present study occurred in the absence of detectable virus in lungs of mice two days after challenge with infectious virus.

A portable ultrasound can help nephrologists better detect fluid in the lungs of patients with end - stage kidney disease, according to...

A team of researchers used AFM to measure the level of stiffness of three different areas (anatomical compartments)-- blood vessels, airways and lung tissue (parenchyma)-- in the lungs of two groups of donors.

In fact, a study found a higher than normal concentration of chloroform in the lungs of study participants after a warm shower.

Exposure to linalool, a terpene found in flowers and spice plants, decreased inflammatory damage in the lungs of smoke - exposed mice.12 Linalool is found in lavender and basil, and in keeping with terpenes ability to defend against plant prey, is used by exterminators as an insecticide.

The U.S. National Cancer Institute is funding a study looking at the the effects of drinking 10 to 15 cups of decaffeinated green tea in reversing pre-cancerous lesions in the lungs of former smokers.

This clears the alveoli deep in the lungs of stale air with a high carbon dioxide content more efficiently than trying to inhale as much air as possible.

The researchers found lower quantities of TNF - alpha and Interleukin - 6 in the lungs of the mice that had been given goji berries.

Creatine exacerbates the structural changes in the lungs of asthmatic mice.

Respiratory disease can range from something as mild as an upper respiratory infection to life threatening fluid accumulation in the lungs of a dog or cat.

Lungworms: found in the lungs of cats.

In the 1980s, researchers found high levels of asbestos fibers in the lungs of pet dogs diagnosed with the lung disease.

Unlike intestinal parasites, lungworms reside in the lungs of a cat.

His recent publications relate to MRI imaging in the lungs of rats.

Fine particles of such smoke lodge deep in the lungs of women preparing meals, gifting them a dark scourge of ill - health and premature death.