Sentences with phrase «infection by pathogens»

Scabies, caused by mites, causes inflammation and itching that can result in infection by pathogens such as Group A streptococcal skin infection.

Thus, reduced production of mucus can impair intestinal immunity and promote gut dysbiosis or systemic infection by pathogens that enter through the gut.

Nor is it desirable, as this would eliminate a protective layer against systemic infection by pathogens that enter the body through the gut.

B lymphocytes generate the antibodies that protect us against infection by pathogens.

Doctors have even been known to inoculate premature infants with protective strains to ward off infection by pathogens.

They help in our digestion, prevent infection by pathogens and educate our immune system on what to fight.»

These crucial gut organisms help us digest food, produce chemicals and substances within the body, control infections by pathogens, regulate the immune system, and even control emotions.

It also appears that some of the downstream products of Arachidonic Acid - prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2, both produced under the COX pathway - can actually up - regulate infections by some pathogens, i.e. C. albicans:

Not exact matches

The mothers infected by periodontal pathogens, periodontal bacteria and viruses, they have to be cautious not to pass their infection to their child.

There, it is believed that mammary gland receptors interpret the «baby spit backwash» for bacteria and viruses and, if they detect something amiss (i.e., the baby is sick or fighting off an infection), Mom's body will actually change the milk's immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby's particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies.

Breastfeeding helps protect against these and other infections by providing antibodies and other protective factors, minimizing exposure to pathogens, and ensuring optimum nutrition.

The infection, caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, can cover snakes» bodies with lesions...

«Several studies have measured parasite infection in urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of Life Sciences.

A study published on October 23rd in PLOS Pathogens reports that a bacterium isolated from the gut of an Aedes mosquito can reduce infection of mosquitoes by malaria parasites and dengue virus.

S. aureus was the most common pathogen, causing 28 percent of bloodstream infections, closely followed by E. coli, which was found in 24 percent of patients with infections.

The second study (cover of the latest issue of PLOS Pathogens) describes new findings by Annabel Guichard and her colleagues that could open the door to much needed intervention for treating late - stage anthrax infection.

Not only is RNAi used to regulate gene expression within an organism, it also can combat viral infection by silencing the activity of viral genes required for the pathogen's replication.

As more reports appear of a grim «post-antibiotic era» ushered in by the rise of drug - resistant bacteria, a new strategy for fighting infection is emerging that targets a patient's cells rather than those of the invading pathogens.

These monkeys have been shown to have a high susceptibility to infection by a variety of pathogens including Ebola virus and Lassa virus that affect humans, making marmosets useful for drug and vaccine testing.

«This is despite the fact that Campylobacter is by now the most common bacterial pathogen of intestinal infections in Germany.»

In Germany, Campylobacter has by now become the most common bacterial pathogen to cause intestinal infections.

Between 1990 and 1998 the populations of several frog species crashed due to chytridiomycosis infection (chytrid) caused by the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, but Mahony's surveys suggest that the frogs are re-establishing.

The team found that many of the molecular signals present in the blood of sick, infected patients overlap with sepsis, a condition in which the body — in response to infection by bacteria or other pathogens — mounts a damaging inflammatory reaction.

But the genetic analysis identified DNA from the malaria tropica (Plasmodium falciparum) pathogen, suggesting that Tut was also hampered by infection.

Scientists at The University of Nottingham and GSK Consumer Healthcare have developed a technique that could locate the potential source of an infection by hijacking the normal processes of pathogens, thus revealing their location.

Also, the Army's EIS «did not adequately document or characterize individual risk of exposure or infection, nor did it consider potential exposures to workers and others on the base itself or how the spread of a pathogen would be affected by population size and density,» according to a press release NAS issued about the study.

In a study appearing in the November issue of PLoS Pathogens, Dr. Donald Forthal of UC Irvine and colleagues studied the mechanisms employed by the virus to cross genital tract tissue and establish infection.

Officials also want to know how much protection is afforded by personal protective equipment, work practices, and other infection - control precautions caregivers use to reduce exposure to pathogens and risk of infection, she said.

In 2012, Rik de Swart of Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues revealed that the measles virus kills large numbers of memory cells, white blood cells that prevent subsequent infections by the same pathogen.

By acquiring sections of proteins coded by other genes, which are often the target of pathogen infection, NLRs act as an «integrated defense decoy»By acquiring sections of proteins coded by other genes, which are often the target of pathogen infection, NLRs act as an «integrated defense decoy»by other genes, which are often the target of pathogen infection, NLRs act as an «integrated defense decoy».

The results hint that other states of the prion may be the cause of infection or that prions are a by - product of an infection triggered by some other, as yet unidentified pathogen.

The development of next - generation probiotics to reestablish colonization resistance and eliminate potential pathogens from the gut is warranted and will reduce health care — associated infections caused by highly antibiotic - resistant bacteria.

Harnessing these genes to develop crops that are better equipped to resist infection by fungi, bacteria, and other pathogens could reduce the need for pesticides and help ensure more reliable rice harvests around the world.

here is epidemiological evidence that links type B coxsackie virus (CVB) infection with heart disease, and research published on July 31st in PLOS Pathogens now suggests a mechanism by which early infection impairs the heart's ability to tolerate stress at later stages of life.

Oral phage therapy has demonstrated to be a feasible and effective tool in the control of infections caused by different bacterial pathogens.

Antibodies are produced by the body's B cells to fight off infections by bacteria, viruses, and other invasive pathogens.

Following cohort recruitment, creation of the bio-bank and population of the database, the pathogen discovery and pathogenesis study led by the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University seeks to uncover novel viruses implicated in the disease by using techniques that allow up to 20 pathogens to be searched simultaneously.

Systemic bacterial infections such as those caused by Salmonella are highly regulated and complex processes that include sophisticated offensive and defensive strategies by both pathogen and host that are orchestrated by virulence factors.

The pathogen phenotype is «virulent» in case of a compatible interaction, shown by «high» infection type scores on host differential lines, and it is «avirulent» in case of incompatible interactions conferred by «low» infection types (Fig. 1).

In a typical immune response, for instance, inflammatory proteins called cytokines will be released by immune cells at a site of inflammation and then other immune cells will use these cytokines like a trail of breadcrumbs to home in on the site of infection and destroy the pathogens that are causing it.

For example, mutants may be characterized by comparing their transcript profiles to those obtained in other experiments querying the effects on gene expression of many experimental factors including treatments, mutations and pathogen infections.

In animal infection models using these pathogens, IL - 22 primarily plays a protective role by maintaining barrier integrity and thereby limiting bacterial dissemination.

We performed a systematic investigation, from epidemiology, pathogen isolation, virus characterization, disease reproduction by infection with the isolated virus (fulfilling Koch's postulates), to virus genome sequencing and found that the duck egg drop disease was caused by a new flavivirus, BYD virus, that is closely related to Tembusu virus.

Our results show that reduction in IL - 22 production by a bacterial toxin is an excellent strategy on the part of the pathogen to establish infection in the host.

In addition, the mechanism by which the ZIKV infection can cause fetal brain damage is not known, and some reports suggest that the virus is able to evade the normal immunoprotective responses of the placenta.15 Zika virus is not the only pathogen associated with neonate microcephaly.

During infection this allows immune responses to better counteract the virulence factors produced by pathogens.

A paper on dengue virus infection co-authored by five PNNL researchers was just named one of the 25 percent most - cited articles in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

Consequently, broad infection control measures that are designed to prevent pathogen transmission and infection, such as oversanitation and the overuse of antibiotics, may inadvertently affect human health by altering normal commensal transmission.

Some of the major points emphasized by the authors are not novel (localization of ILL at the SCS for rapid pathogen encounter and pre-committed IL17 production by these ILL upon bacterial infection), having been established by the authors in previous studies or by other groups as cited and discussed.

«Because microbes tune immune defence, this can be seen as a form of cooperative immunity: Sharing microbial allies and enemies makes infections by opportunist pathogens less likely,» said one of the study's authors.