Sentences with phrase «increased autoimmune disease»

Studies show a correlation between the inability to recycle glutathione and increased autoimmune disease.

Studies show a correlation between the inability to recycle glutathione and increased autoimmune disease, such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.

Mike Kohn, DVM: «In response to this [vaccine] violation, there have been increased autoimmune diseases (allergies being one component), epilepsy, neoplasia [tumours], as well as behavioural problems in small animals.»

Not exact matches

«Excessive amounts of omega - 6... promote the pathogenesis of many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, whereas increased levels of omega - 3 PUFA (a low omega - 6 / omega - 3 ratio) exert suppressive effects.»

Concurrently, the incidence of allergic and autoimmune diseases has increased.

In the present study, the researchers have discovered a reason for reduced fertility in people with autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS1), which increases the risk of developing autoimmune disease (caused by the immune system attacking and damaging healthy cells) and which is often used as a model for autoimmune disease in general.

Further work showed that genetic differences affecting some of these characteristics are linked to increased risk of heart attack, or to rheumatoid arthritis and other common autoimmune diseases.

«Many people believe there's a link between the rise in autoimmune diseases and an increased focus on cleanliness in western societies, because the immune system is no longer exposed to the broad range of infections that previous generations had to deal with.

In addition, p.Arg90His was associated with increased risk for other autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome.

Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report pre-clinical research showing that a genetic variant encoded in neutrophil cystolic factor 1 (NCF1) is associated with increased risk for autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjögren's syndrome, in the January 2017 issue of Nature Genetics.

How the virus behind «kissing disease» may increase your risk for autoimmune diseases like lupus

Mounting evidence indicates that if we don't get enough of it, we could leave ourselves more susceptible to infections, increase our risk of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes, and even raise the risk of certain cancers.

They have been implicated in the destruction of the BBB and are found in increased numbers in many autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Joaquín Espinosa is enthusiastic about the results of his study, «The constant activation of the Interferon response could explain many aspects of Down syndrome, such as cognitive deficit, stunted growth, increased prevalence of autoimmune disorders, high risk of Alzheimer's disease, and protection against solid tumors.»

The research fits neatly into an emerging paradigm that helps explain a recent alarming increase in food allergies and other conditions, such as obesity and autoimmune disease, and hints at strategies to reverse the trend.

Patient characteristics associated with increased revision were younger age, being female, having a history of anxiety or autoimmune disease, and surgery for cosmetic or congenital nasal deformities, the study suggests.

A high - salt diet, which increases sodium storage in the skin, can also worsen autoimmune disease and even increase the risk of stomach cancer.

Collectively these studies, which have included green sea turtles, polar bears and monkeys, bring weight to the «hygiene hypothesis,» which theorizes that reduced exposure to microbes is contributing to the increase in autoimmune and allergic disease occurrence in Westernized nations.

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that is increasing by 3 - 5 percent annually worldwide.

Both spouses and first - degree relatives of patients with celiac disease are at increased risk of nonceliac autoimmune disease, according to a study in the July issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

Furthermore, an immunological analysis found that the level of TH1 cells, characteristically expressing interferon - gamma protein which activates microphage to enhance bactericidal activities but could be an onset of autoimmune diseases when excessive, significantly increased in some of the mice.

The results of Loke's new case study — the most recent of only five studies that investigate helminthic therapy in people instead of animals — suggest that helminths may ease the symptoms of autoimmune diseases by increasing mucus production.

In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian women were strongly associated with increased risk of developing lupus, an autoimmune disease.

The authors did report an increased risk of developing celiac disease — an autoimmune condition triggered by dietary gluten; however, the increased risk was only observed in Denmark.

There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy.

There was also a strong link between autoimmune disease and heart and circulatory problems, which may explain some of the increased dementia risk.

Vascular dementia involves poor blood flow in the brain, and the team found that people with autoimmune diseases are 29 per cent more likely to develop this form of dementia, compared with only a 6 per cent increase in Alzheimer's risk.

What is clearly evident in the Swedish health care registers is the fact that those who lack a thymus have an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue; Type 1 diabetes; thyroid disease; rheumatic disease; and hypersensitivity to gluten.

Timothy Springer, with colleagues Michael L. Dustin and Charles A. Dinarello, identifies and characterizes adhesion molecules, a class of cell surface proteins that function in the interactions of immune cells with other cells, including antigen - specific recognition and cell trafficking: integrin LFA - 1 involved in cytoskeleton and signaling, and intracellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs), which are binding partners (ligands) for LFA - 1 and are increased in inflammatory and autoimmune disease.

«Important metabolic functions are also heavily influenced by circadian clocks, which is why activities such as chronic night - shift work — which can cause a misalignment of this clock — increase one's risk for metabolic and autoimmune diseases such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cancer and multiple sclerosis,» said Dr. Akassoglou.

Researchers have newly identified three genetic regions associated with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), the most common autoimmune liver disease, increasing...

The decline of the immune system with age (immunosenescence) is reflected in the increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, poorer response to vaccination, increased prevalence of cancer, accelerated aging (frailty), autoimmune and other chronic diseases.

• In nutrigenetics, the aim is to understand how genetic makeup determines response to diet and susceptibility to diet - related disease — i.e., a number of genetic variations have been shown to increase the susceptibility to Type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and some autoimmune diseases and cancers.

These fibrotic processes, nowadays more frequently detected, may be related to defects in the repair process and / or to an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases due to ageing.

If so, we aim to pinpoint the microbial genes whose loss increases the risk of IBD and other autoimmune diseases.

Excessive consumption of simple sugars may lead to dysbiosis and increased production of inflammatory cytokines; artificial sweeteners are a potential factor of inflammation in the intestines; refined salt can aggravate autoimmune diseases.

Poor sleep also been associated with increases in the inflammatory markers often seen with autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmune diseases lead to increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide, which can destroy intestinal tight junction proteins and contribute to leaky gut syndrome.

Studies show that in the last few decades we are seeing a significant increase in frequency of autoimmune diseases, which is quite alarming.

In fact, too much iodine can actually be a factor in increased risk of autoimmune disease.

In fact, vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased frequency of infection as well as autoimmune disease.

Since leaky gut has been linked to food allergies, autoimmune disease, inflammation, and neurological diseases, some scientists believe that glyphosate contamination may be responsible for the increase in obesity, cancer, autism, inflammatory bowel disease, depression, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, liver disease, and infertility.

There are also some pretty serious potential long - term consequences of vitamin D deficiency, including increased risk of common cancers, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease, immune function, hypertension, muscle weakness, and infectious diseases.

This apparent increased risk for vascular dementia could be caused by the effect of autoimmune diseases on the circulatory system, the researchers said.

People with IBD are also at an increased risk for certain liver diseases, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (found primarily in those with ulcerative colitis), autoimmune hepatitis, and primary biliary cirrhosis.

Moreover, insufficient sleep, as well as shift work, is associated with cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, autoimmune thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and increased mortality.

Some doctors dismiss gluten - free as a mere fad, 5 fueled by celebrity endorsements and an increasing number of books linking wheat and gluten to a wide range of health problems, from gut dysfunction and allergies to neurological diseases and autoimmune problems.

When there is an imbalance, also known as dysbiosis, studies show this increases inflammation in the body and predisposes the body to autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, lupus, type 2 diabetes, and multiple sclerosis — just to name a few.

Multiple studies have looked at the effects of smoking on people with autoimmune thyroid disorders, and one study observed an increase in autoimmune hypothyroidism in women, while another study showed an increase in Graves disease in smokers.

''... increased dietary [refined] salt intake might represent an environmental risk factor for the development of autoimmune diseases through the induction of pathogenic TH17 cells».