Sentences with phrase «influence host responses»

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Excessive uptake of commensal bacterial antigens through a permeable intestinal barrier may influence host responses to specific antigen in a genetically predisposed host.

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This is very important data that shows how a host's response can influence bacterial colonization, says David Briles, a microbiologist from the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

There is growing evidence that, as well as pathogen genetic factors, host genetic factors and the interaction between host, vector and pathogen influence variability in infection rates, immune responses [7], [8], susceptibility to infection, disease progression and severity, and response to preventive or therapeutic interventions [9], [10].

One host effector that may influence carcinogenesis in response to H. pylori is MMP - 7, a matrix metalloproteinase that enhances tumor formation in rodents, and is over-expressed in premalignant and malignant lesions within H. pylori - infected human mucosa.

Wasp genotype influences both Wolbachia density in host tissues [69] and the type and level of reproductive alterations induced by Wolbachia [70]--[72], implying a role of variation in host response in the biology of Wolbachia in Nasonia.

In light of these realizations, the long - term scientific goal of the program is to develop a detailed and mechanistic understanding of not just the tumor cell and tumor mutations, but also all the components of the host microenvironment that influence cancer and the response to cancer therapy.

Another, of course, is that the science illuminating the extent of the human influence on climate is not «settled» for many specific, and important, points, even though the basic case for rising risks from rising concentrations of greenhouse gases is robust enough to merit a strong response, according to a host of experts (even if you take the intergovernmental panel's findings with a grain of salt).