Sentences with phrase «including immune cells»

«Individual cells in the body are able to keep track of time using their biological clocks, including immune cells that respond to infectious diseases.

With the ability to become all of the blood cells — including your immune cells, red blood cells, all of your blood system, as well as vasculature — hemangioblasts have been biology's holy grail.

And this in spite of the fact that all the various types of blood cells within a lymph node, including the immune cells, are constantly replaced, which means the lymph nodes» location memory must be encoded somewhere in its stroma.

These cells spring into action following bone marrow transplants, bone marrow injury and during systemic infection, creating new blood cells, including immune cells, in a process known as hematopoiesis.

Rac1 is an important molecule in healthy cells, including immune cells.

CRAC channels are found on many cell types, including immune cells and pancreatic acinar cells, where aberrant activation of these channels is thought to play a key role in the pathobiology of acute pancreatitis.

GPCRs and their downstream signaling are involved in cancer growth and development by controlling many features of tumorigenesis, including immune cell - mediated functions, proliferation, invasion and survival at the secondary site.

Every time we exercise, we're really doing something beneficial for the body on many different levels, which includes the immune cell level.

Not exact matches

The institute, which includes over 40 laboratories and more than 300 researchers, said the research would focus on modifying a patient's own immune system T - cells to target a tumor, studying ways to boost patient response to current immunotherapy drugs.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has made waves with a drug pipeline that includes one of the most talked - about experimental cancer therapies in recent years — a treatment called Kymriah that reconfigures the body's own immune cells to become aggressive blood - cancer killers.

giant Novartis has made waves with a drug pipeline that includes one of the most talked - about experimental cancer therapies in recent years — a treatment called Kymriah that reconfigures the body's own immune cells to become aggressive blood - cancer killers.

There's a lot more in that vein from Behe, including descriptions of the cilia propulsion system in bacteria, the basic biochemistry of the immune system, and the cell's intricate internal transport system.

These vitamins are responsible for a number of bodily functions that ward off winter illness, including the regulation of T cells (or immune system warriors) and counteracting stress hormones that lower immunity.

Sugary drinks and fruit juice shouldn't be consumed because they will ruin your child's appetite for more nourishing food choices at the same time they cause a myriad of health issues, including the suppression of white blood cell (immune) function.

Whole grains are also rich in essential nutrients, including B vitamins to help regulate metabolism; folate to help form red blood cells; iron, which carries oxygen in the blood; magnesium for building bones and releasing energy from muscles; and selenium for a healthy immune system.

Disease: Sleep deprivation alters immune function, including the activity of the body's killer cells.

These diseases include leukemia or lymphoma, aplastic anemia, severe sickle cell anemia, and severe combined immune deficiency.

Delayed cord clamping brings many benefits to the newborn baby including higher number of red blood cells, stem cells, and immune cells at birth.

These include blood - derived leukocytes, cells of the mammary epithelium, stem cells and cell fragments, which provide immune - protection to the infant.

This rich substance contains vital ingredients, including immunoglobulin or cells that help build your baby's immune system.

Every exposure to radiation poses health risks, including programmed cell death, genetic mutations, cancers, leukemia, birth defects, and reproductive, immune and endocrine system disorders.

«These attacks have grown in magnitude and they include attacks on security services, we have incidents where military officers have been lynched by mobs, we have instances where these vigilante groups calling themselves variously; Invisible forces, Delta forces, etc. invade police stations, break into cells and release suspects because they claim the NPP members are immune to any form of arrest in other words, they are living above the law because they happen to be members of a party living in power», he said.

A group of the nation's leading cancer research scientists and their Cuban counterparts are exploring how to advance cancer therapy, diagnosis, and prevention, including the use of immunotherapy to harness the body's immune systems to attack and eliminate cancer cells.

The research, published and featured in the Spot Light section of the December edition of the Journal of Virology, examines a previously unknown connection between flaviviruses — a classification of viruses that include West Nile virus, Dengue virus and tick - borne encephalitis virus — and organelles (a specialized subunit within a cell) known as peroxisomes that help coordinate the body's immune responses.

The experiments included sorting immune cells found at injury sites by molecules on their cellular surfaces, and many hours looking at mouse cells through the microscope.

By dissecting the heritage of these cells, we can find new targets to tackle a range of conditions including infectious diseases, cancers and immune disorders, and even make vaccines more effective.»

The molecule regulates genes that suppress immune surveillance mechanisms, including the production of cells that inhibit the immune response.

HBI member V. Wee Yong, PhD and research associate Susobhan Sarkar, PhD, and their team including researchers from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the university's Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, looked at human brain tumor samples and discovered that specialized immune cells in brain tumor patients are compromised.

When the body senses these particles, it kick - starts specialized immune defenses, including the production of immune cells known as lymphocytes, which learn to recognize and attack viral DNA.

Anything that causes tissue injury — including infection or illness as well as surgery — can activate various immune cells and cause inflammation.

And early stage startup Neochromosome, which includes Boeke, intends to raise money to design synthetic chromosomes for medicine that could be used in an off - the - shelf universal cell line in cell therapies and transplants with minimal risk of rejection from the immune system.

Chien Ho, professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and his colleagues have developed a novel way to improve delivery of chemotherapy nanodrugs by using Intralipid ®, an FDA - approved nutrition source to temporarily blunt the reticuloendothelial system — a network of cells and tissues found throughout the body, including in the blood, lymph nodes, spleen and liver, that play an important role in the immune system.

Hoping to develop a more potent approach, medical oncologist Ron Levy of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues used mice to test the cancer - fighting capabilities of some 20 molecules, including several types of antibodies that activate immune cells.

They have discovered that «itaconate» — a molecule derived from glucose — acts as a powerful off - switch for macrophages, which are the cells in the immune system that lie at the heart of many inflammatory diseases including arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and heart disease.

Others include transplanting so - called Schwann cells from peripheral nerves, using growth factors to stimulate nerve growth, and boosting the immune system in the damaged area (New Scientist magazine, 14 August 1999, p 36).

Patients who develop this specific fungal infection are overwhelmingly adults who are immunocompromised, Kumar explains, including those with diabetes, transplant recipients, patients with cancer and those who have abnormally low concentrations of immune cells called neutrophils in their blood.

genes, the team has shown that B. theta helps guide the normal development and functioning of the intestines — including the growth of blood vessels, the proper turnover of epithelial cells, and the marshaling of components of the immune system needed to keep less well behaved bacteria at bay.

The known FPRs include two immune system receptors that detect chemicals given off by pathogens in the blood, helping immune cells track down and attack foreign bodies.

«Hodgkin lymphoma is unusual among cancers in that it consists of a small number of tumor cells in a sea of inflammatory cells and immune system cells, including T cells that don't work very effectively.»

Current laureates in residence include Peter Doherty, who shared the 1996 prize for discovering how the body's immune system recognizes virus - infected cells, and Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who received the award last year for their discovery that the bacterium Heliobacter pylori causes stomach ulcers and gastritis.

These include pro-inflammatory T helper cells, or Th1, that produce interferon - γ and interleukin - 2, or IL - 2; anti-inflammatory Th2 cells that produce IL - 4, IL - 5 and IL - 13; pro-inflammatory Th17 cells that secrete IL - 17; and immunomodulatory regulatory T - cells, or Tregs, that globally suppress activation of immune responses.

The cancer cells» defense strategy can be overcome by immune checkpoint inhibitor agents, including anti-PD-1 / PD - L1 antibodies, several kinds of which have received fast - track approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Innate immune cells control the immediate response to an infection, including neutrophils and macrophages, Curtis explained.

In this rewriting of the textbooks, a tumor is not just a clump of aberrant cells; it also includes a support system, a tumor microenvironment, which encompasses a multitude of varying immune cell types and crisscrossing chemical signals, along with a network of blood vessels.

In laboratory studies, daratumumab caused the targeted killing of CD38 - carrying tumor cells by several distinct and potent mechanisms, including some that involve the immune system.

Therefore, these «self - reactive» T cells survive destruction within an organ called the thymus, the central immune organ in which T - cells mature, and attack healthy cells and tissues, including melanocytes.

The study included 124 newly diagnosed patients at 25 clinical trial sites in the U.S. Two - thirds of the patients were treated with ICT - 107, an experimental vaccine based on immune system cells called dendritic cells that were exposed to six synthetic proteins, or antigens, known to be involved in GBM development.

After infecting the respiratory tract, the virus hijacks the immune system's white blood cells, using them to spread in the body — including to the skin to cause chickenpox.

The ADGRE2 gene provides instructions for production of ADGRE2 protein, which is present on the surface of several types of immune cells, including mast cells.

Questions the group hopes to answer over the next five years include if LRAs will promote the expression of viral protein on the surface of infected cells, and if pairing LRAs with immune interventions will lead to the clearance of persistent, latent infection.