Sentences with phrase «key molecules called»

The immune system creates two key molecules called: interleukin and interferon.

A key molecule called cGAS is known to bind DNA, triggering inflammation.

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(Hemomglobin A1C is a form of the key protein in our red blood cells — hemoglobin — in which the protein gets linked up with a sugar molecule through a process called glycosylation.

The key ingredient that makes the batteries rechargeable is a molecule called bismuth oxide which, when mixed into the batteries» zinc electrodes, prolongs the life of devices and allows them to recharge.

The unaltered hemagglutinin is akin to a key that unlocks a so - called receptor molecule in cells lining the upper airways of humans and other mammals.

Our guide is a small, «elegant» molecule called carbon disulfide — a compound that is a key ingredient in the making of viscose (better known as rayon) and is also insidiously toxic, having devastated the minds and bodies.

One key gene encodes the making of a receptor called TREM2, a docking site for molecules on the surface of microglia and other innate immune cells.

Signaling by molecules called prostaglandins plays a key role in the body's response to inflammation.

The study pinpoints an immune molecule called interferon gamma as the key to this link.

PARIS — As scientists race to finish a rough draft of the human genome, a European consortium is about to launch an effort to pinpoint every key spot in our genetic code where cells turn genes on and off by adding a molecule called a methyl group.

They also identified a key signaling molecule, an enzyme called Rho that stimulates stem cells to turn bone - like.

The proof - of - concept study, published online today in the journal Nature, demonstrates that a gene called PGC1 alpha provides kidneys with protection by working through nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a molecule involved in metabolism thought to be key to the aging process.

Jules Hoffmann of the University of Strasbourg in France first identified a key molecule, called Toll, involved in the innate immune response in fruit flies.

In both humans and the bacteria, a key protein complex called RNA polymerase clamps onto and ticks down the DNA chain, reading the code of DNA «letters» as it translates genetic instructions into intermediary RNA molecules on the way to building proteins.

A key finding of AIDS research is that infection begins when HIV binds to a molecule called CD4 on the target cell.

Mathematical models employed by the researchers suggest that the key is a molecule that inhibits branching, namely, a protein called transforming growth factor - β (TGF - β), which is produced by mammary cells and which is known to stop branching in developing tissues.

When transplanted into knee joints, the grafts took on key characteristics of knee cartilage, as measured by their concentrations of key structural molecules like the protein collagen and sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans.

Another key player in translation is a group of molecules called transfer RNAs, or tRNAs.

Using computer simulations called molecular docking, team members screened more than 3 million molecules to find some 2,500 that fit the mu receptor like a perfectly cut key in a lock.

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a key molecule, MDA5, is essential for producing enough interferon (the bugle call) to rally virus - fighting cells during certain viral infections.

Research in the lab of Edward P. Feener, Ph.D., Investigator in the Section on Vascular Cell Biology and Director of the Proteomics Core at Joslin Diabetes Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, now has shown that a substantial percentage of patients with DME do not have high levels of VEGF in the fluid inside their eyes but do have high levels of a protein called PKal (plasma kallikrein) and associated molecules that are key players in an inflammatory molecular pathway involved in the disease.

On the next slide I show you basically the key domain that's involved in this signaling interaction, so when the insulin receptor is phosphorylated, in order to recruit adaptors such as IRS - 1, it uses an important domain called the PTP domain, or phosphotyrosine containing peptides that can actually mediate this interaction, and lead to the interaction of these various molecules within the pathway.

The interest intensified several years ago with the surprising discovery that an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease was linked to a natural genetic variant of a key fat - transporter molecule called apolipoprotein E, or apoE.

In 1993, while at the Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Rothman performed the key experiment that has forever linked his work to that of Thomas Südhof and Richard Scheller, by demonstrating that the same molecules that control this process in the nervous system, in the release of signaling molecules called neurotransmitters, are important to vesicle transport and fusion in all cell types.

The drug, marketed as Lucentis, targets a molecule called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a key player in the growth of blood vessels.

A signaling molecule called interferon gamma could hold the key to understanding how harmful autoantibodies form in lupus patients.

In a 2011 study in the journal Science, Shaw and his team discovered how cells starved of nutrients activate the key molecule that kicks off autophagy, an enzyme called ULK1.

Understanding the chemical reactions that can create tiny molecular cages that hold other «guest» molecules — structures called clathrates — is key to creating a new generation of electronic devices and possible energy materials.

Through his work with large patient groups, he has managed to show that narcolepsy is closely genetically linked to so - called HLA molecules, which play a key part in the immune system by presenting foreign substances to immune cells.

Vitamin E may be key in protecting the body against pro-inflammatory molecules called cytokines.

The shorter version of the gene, which is called GRIK4, makes a more stable receptor for glutamate, a key brain - signaling molecule.

A molecule called ATP (which stands for adenosine triphosphate), is actually the body's key fuel and we have microscopic energy - producing factories in our cells, especially muscle cells, that exist specially to provide us with all - important ATP that can be generated from fats, carbs or proteins.

What is known is that the immune system creates two key anti-cancer molecules called: interleukin and interferon.

Researchers believe that this process may be closely connected with simultaneous production of another key regulatory molecule called nitric oxide.