Sentences with phrase «in white blood cells called»

Lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in white blood cells called lymphocytes.

When a new bacterium or virus invades the body, the immune system mounts an attack by sending in white blood cells called T - cells that are tailored to the molecular structure of that invader.

One reason the bacterium has survived for so long is that it has developed a sophisticated mechanism for hiding in the body: it resides in white blood cells called macrophages, the very cells that would normally kill it.

It is a fast - growing cancer that starts in white blood cells called B cells, and it is often successfully treated with chemotherapy.

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But in the following hours and days, the body's self - defense mechanisms backfire: White blood cells come in to clean up dead tissue, which causes massive inflammation, which in turn triggers healthy cells in the surrounding tissue to self - destruct in a process called apoptosis.

In APL, immature white blood cells called promyelocytes increase in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marroIn APL, immature white blood cells called promyelocytes increase in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marroin abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marroin the bone marrow.

This is a well - known phenomena called «digestive leukocytosis», in which there is a rise in the number of leukocytes — white blood cells — after eating.

It involves counting white blood cells called mast cells in and around the edges of a wound, which appear to vanish as healing begins.

This is how treatments based on a type of white blood cell called T - cells are curing some cancers, rather than just slowing their advance (see «Cancer meets its nemesis in reprogrammed blood cells «-RRB-.

Robyn Biti, Graeme Stewart of Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues report that they have found an HIV - infected homosexual man whose white blood cells contain a defective copy of a critical surface protein, called CCR5, that the virus uses to gain entry into the cells.

That honor goes to Swiss biochemist Friedrich Miescher, who in 1869 found the molecule in the nuclei of white blood cells and called it nuclein.

In further test tube experiments, the researchers treated the immortalized white blood cells with both chemical and genetic blockers, called small interfering RNA (siRNA), designed to render either p70S6K or GRB10 nonfunctional.

The enzyme is produced by white blood cells called neutrophils, which play an important role in inflammatory and immune responses and may be a key contributor to the development of muscular dystrophy.

They hit upon a small organic compound called SB 247464 that stimulated the growth of mouse white blood cells in culture and in living mice.

«Our data clearly showed that one of the protein receptors on white blood cells called CXCR3 brings white blood cells to the optic nerve in response to production of its binding partner CXCL10 by damaged nerve tissue,» said Zhang.

In a related paper published online today in Nature Biotechnology, Konrad Hochedlinger of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge and his colleagues compared the gene expression patterns in mouse iPS cells derived from white blood cells, muscle precursor cells, immune system cells called B cells, and fibroblasts taken from tail tipIn a related paper published online today in Nature Biotechnology, Konrad Hochedlinger of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge and his colleagues compared the gene expression patterns in mouse iPS cells derived from white blood cells, muscle precursor cells, immune system cells called B cells, and fibroblasts taken from tail tipin Nature Biotechnology, Konrad Hochedlinger of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge and his colleagues compared the gene expression patterns in mouse iPS cells derived from white blood cells, muscle precursor cells, immune system cells called B cells, and fibroblasts taken from tail tipin Cambridge and his colleagues compared the gene expression patterns in mouse iPS cells derived from white blood cells, muscle precursor cells, immune system cells called B cells, and fibroblasts taken from tail tipin mouse iPS cells derived from white blood cells, muscle precursor cells, immune system cells called B cells, and fibroblasts taken from tail tips.

In another experiment, the research team transferred infection - combatting white blood cells — called neutrophils — from normal mice to genetically mutated mice.

The most striking abnormalities were a markedly elevated white blood cell count of 28,500 per cubic milliliter (the normal level is about 5,000 to 10,000) and what is called a shift to the left, which refers to a large increase in the number of mature and immature granulocytes, cells that increase in number when an acute infection must be fought off.

Kipnis and his colleagues had previously shown that a type of white blood cell called a T cell (shown above) in the meninges is associated with significant influence on cognition and hence were curious about the role of meningeal immunity on brain function.

In 1863 the prominent German pathologist Rudolf Virchow noted the presence of so - called lymphoreticular infiltrate (white blood cells) in malignant tissuIn 1863 the prominent German pathologist Rudolf Virchow noted the presence of so - called lymphoreticular infiltrate (white blood cells) in malignant tissuin malignant tissue.

In a new report appearing in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists show that nicotine activates certain white blood cells, called neutrophils, which in turn release molecules that lead to increased inflammatioIn a new report appearing in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists show that nicotine activates certain white blood cells, called neutrophils, which in turn release molecules that lead to increased inflammatioin the November 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists show that nicotine activates certain white blood cells, called neutrophils, which in turn release molecules that lead to increased inflammatioin turn release molecules that lead to increased inflammation.

They looked at white blood cells called monocytes, a major cell type involved in rheumatoid arthritis, and found that those cells behaved differently in one group than in the other.

In yet another approach, researchers could modify specific white blood cells (called T - cells) to see and target pancreatic cancer cells, although this therapy could attack healthy cells, too.

Fibrin is an insoluble protein produced by platelets (fragments of white blood cells) from a soluble protein called fibrinogen normally present in blood.

Researchers looking at the white blood cells called eosinophils found a new weapon in the immune arsenal: toxic webs of DNA flung in less than a second by a kind of cellular catapult.

The new technique, pioneered by Wilson and fellow researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, saves time by using antibodies produced by so - called B cells (white blood cells that produce and then ferry them to infection sites to battle invading germs) in response to vaccines instead of to actual infections.

A significantly higher amount of stem cells had survived and integrated into the wound tissue in mice that had received celecoxib, and there were fewer inflammatory white blood cells and lower levels of cytokines in their wounds, including one cytokine called interleukin - 17A.

Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell.

«The protein Smurf1 functions in specialized white blood cells called macrophages in both mice and humans, thereby suggesting a conserved evolutionary pathway,» said Dr. Shiloh, co-senior author of the study along with Dr. Beth Levine, Director of the University's Center for Autophagy Research.

These problems are caused by a type of white blood cells called T cells that, after becoming activated, find their way into the brain and attack the protective covering — myelin — of neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing inflammation and damage to the central nervous system.

Six months ago, Michal Schwartz and her team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, showed that another type of white blood cell called a macrophage can help damaged spinal nerves grow back.

It specifically affects antibody - producing white blood cells found in the bone marrow, called plasma cells.

The saliva triggers an immune response in which white blood cells called neutrophils and myeloid cells rush to the site.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a rapidly - developing cancer in the myeloid line of blood cells, which is responsible for producing red blood cells, platelets and several types of white blood cells called granulocytes.

Other white blood cells called lymphocytes deliver a second punch in the attack, known as acquired immunity.

In a third of MDS cases, over time, very immature bone marrow cells called blasts may increase in number and fill the bone marrow, displacing the normal red and white blood cells and platelets that are produced therIn a third of MDS cases, over time, very immature bone marrow cells called blasts may increase in number and fill the bone marrow, displacing the normal red and white blood cells and platelets that are produced therin number and fill the bone marrow, displacing the normal red and white blood cells and platelets that are produced there.

In his research on the axolotl, which is a Mexican salamander, Dr. Godwin discovered that when it comes to regenerating tissue without scarring, a white blood cell called the macrophage may be a triggering factor.

Leukemia that starts in lymphoid cells — which make different types of white blood cells — is called lymphocytic or lymphoblastic leukemia.

Most current vaccines work by stimulating a class of white blood cells called B cells to make antibodies that circulate and control infections in the blood.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma — sometimes also called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or just NHL — covers a number of different cancers that start in a specific type of white blood cells called lymphocytes.

Shiitake: The delicious mushroom easily found in grocery stores contains substances called beta glucans, which stimulate the immune system and strengthen our white blood cells.

Researchers have validated4 that, in melancholic depression, bipolar disorder, and postpartum depression, white blood cells called monocytes express pro-inflammatory genes leading to secretion of cytokines, while simultaneously leading to decreased cortisol sensitivity, the body's stress hormone and inflammatory buffer — a feedforward cycle.

Once snapped on, patrolling white blood recognize the snapped - on antibody as a signal of trouble, and release chemicals that call for more white blood cells to rush in and destroy the invader.

White blood cells, called neutrophils, are a primary player in the immune system, fending off infection from foreign bacteria and viruses, anything from colds and strep throat to ear and sinus infections.

In people with celiac disease, eating foods that contain gluten (which occurs at almost every meal on a standard diet) causes what's called an autoimmune reaction, in which your body's disease - fighting white blood cells mistakenly attack some of your own tissuIn people with celiac disease, eating foods that contain gluten (which occurs at almost every meal on a standard diet) causes what's called an autoimmune reaction, in which your body's disease - fighting white blood cells mistakenly attack some of your own tissuin which your body's disease - fighting white blood cells mistakenly attack some of your own tissue.

Platelet - rich plasma is obtained via a process called centrifugation that removes red and white blood cells from a blood sample while leaving behind a high concentration of platelets in the plasma.

This triggers an inflammatory response in which white blood cells called macrophages rush to eat up the LDL.

In fact, our white blood cells kill bacteria and viruses by releasing hydrogen peroxide and other compounds we call free radicals.

A study published in Nature suggests that a type of white blood cell called Th17 play a critical role in autoimmunity (immune attack on healthy cells).

In this study, researchers recruited 47 medication - free (some as little as one week) melancholic depressive inpatients and assessed their levels of identified genes in a population of white blood cells called monocyteIn this study, researchers recruited 47 medication - free (some as little as one week) melancholic depressive inpatients and assessed their levels of identified genes in a population of white blood cells called monocytein a population of white blood cells called monocytes.