Sentences with phrase «kidney tissue as»

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Generally speaking, the American public is well accustomed to the concept of tissue and organ transplantation, as stories of life - saving heart and kidney transplants, or American Red Cross blood drives collecting blood and platelets for transfusions have become commonplace.

It not only refers to muscle tissue, but also includes fat or non-muscle organs such as lungs, liver, and kidney.

Such antibodies, when attached to DNA in complexes, get lodged in the walls of arteries and in tissues to cause inflammation that damages blood vessels, skin, joints and the kidneys as part of the most severe type of lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

But it became increasingly difficult to maintain the balance of minerals and fluids in her body, and the generalized swelling of her tissues progressed as her kidneys began to fail.

Lead author Christina von Roemeling, a graduate student at Mayo Clinic in Florida, used genomic profiling of nearly 100 kidney cancer patient samples to identify genes that were either over-expressed or under - expressed as compared to patient matched normal kidney tissue samples.

Lin28 is closely tied to organ and tissue development in organisms as diverse as worms and humans, and is active in the kidneys early in development.

As fat cells bulge, the body tries to store glucose in other tissues, including the liver, kidney, heart, muscles, and blood vessels, where the rotting process takes hold.

Gorelick would also like to make sure that no dangerous levels of radiation are released as the bacteria die, noting that some buildup was seen in the kidney tissue of the mice treated in the new study.

We can see the spinal cord protected by a vertebra, the kidneys, the aorta, sections through various parts of the winding intestines, as well as the muscles, fat and connective tissue that holds it all together.

Transplant recipients who receive a kidney, heart, or lung often develop an immune response to the foreign tissue in the form of antibodies referred as donor - specific HLA antibodies.

«Our stem cells also survive outside of mice, in a culture, so we can also manipulate them in a laboratory,» said Abad, adding that: «The next step is studying if these new stem cells are capable of efficiently generating different tissues such as that of the pancreas, liver or kidney.»

This new approach offers a safer alternative to metal complexes, such as gadolinium that are commonly used to enhance MRI images but can have side effects in kidney patients and may build - up in the tissues of individuals needing multiple MRIs.

Growing a replacement version of a thick chunk of tissue like a heart or a kidney requires engineering a network of connected channels into the tissue to act as blood vessels.

«This data allows classification of all human protein - coding genes into those coding for house - hold functions (present in all cells) and those that are tissue - specific genes with highly specialized expression in particular organs and tissues, such as kidney, liver, brain, heart, pancreas.

Dialysis and kidney transplantation can serve as successful strategies to treat patients who have lost kidney function; however, regenerative medicine could make it possible to replace lost or damaged tissue, or replace the kidney entirely.

One of the most serious classifications of this disease is known as diffuse scleroderma wherein the «sclerosis» (hardening of the tissue) occurs in the internal systems of the body, causing damage and widespread scarring to the skin as well as to various internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart and gastrointestinal organs.

Studying cells from the stomach and pancreas in humans and mice, as well as mouse kidney and liver cells, and cells from more than 800 tumor and precancerous lesions in people, the researchers found when tissue is injured by infections or trauma, mature cells can revert back to a stem - cell state in which they divide repeatedly.

He later combined it with studies on chromatin, tissue specific gene expression and mouse models for human diseases including Type II diabetes, polycystic kidney disease as well as cancer.

â $ œWe have solved a major obstacle of using anti-miRNA as a therapeutic by being able to do a targeted delivery to only inflamed endothelial cells while all other tissues examined, including liver, lung, kidney, blood cells, spleen, etc showed no detectable side - effects, â $ Jo says.

Myofibroblasts can proliferate elsewhere in the body as well — although they may arise from different cell types in different tissues — and fibrotic remodeling of the kidney, liver (cirrhosis of the liver) and lungs follows a similar progression, Genin says.

NGAL (also known as Lipocalin - 2 or Neutrophil Gelatinase - associated Lipocalin) is a small, ~ 25kDa secreted protein expressed in epithelial tissues and released into both urine and blood upon kidney tubular damage.

ORs are also expressed in non-olfactory tissues, including the kidney, heart, lung, and testes [9], [10], where they have been shown to work as chemoreceptors in human sperm chemotaxis [11], [12].

In a wide range of epithelial tissues such as kidney tubules or breast acini, cells organize into bidimensional monolayers experiencing an out - of - plane curvature.

Each of Emulate's proprietary Organ - Chips — such as the lung, liver, brain, intestine or kidney — contains tiny hollow channels lined with tens of thousands of living human cells and tissues, and is approximately the size of an AA battery.

Organ - Chips — such as the lung, liver, brain or kidney — are micro-engineered environments lined with living human cells and tissues.

p53 expression is usually not detected in dividing tissues such as skin, kidney, lung, stomach, or breast [11,12].

So, when the thyroid makes thyroid hormone, it makes it, the majority is T4, also known as thyroxine, and then, really in a number of different tissues in the body, the liver and the kidney, well, I'll say this, T4 is converted to T3 in just about every cell of the body.

Kale and other greens (such as swiss chard, arugula, spinach, etc) are also loaded with oxalates, a compound that can promote kidney stones and severe pain in the body organs and tissues.

As the body begins to mobilize excess copper from tissue storage sites, it enters the bloodstream on its way to the liver and kidneys for elimination.

For example, the pituitary is known to significantly concentrate toxic metals; brain, kidney, liver, lung, thyroid, and thymus tissue tested far higher levels than blood; and the adverse effects may only be revealed by long - term morbidity and mortality studies, such as the one published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

T3 is made from T4 when one atom is removed, a conversion that occurs mostly outside the thyroid in organs and tissues where T3 is used the most, such as the liver, the kidneys and the brain.

After that period as more toxins are eliminated through the kidneys the blood and tissues become purified and the subject begins to feel light and energetic.

It's all calcidiol, ready for storage in fat tissue or dispersal to the kidneys for conversion into calcitriol, also known as 1,25 (OH) D. Calcitriol is the active hormonal form whose primary role is to regulate blood calcium levels.

Many different kinds of toxins are stored in fat tissues of your body, and as your weight is shed (even small amounts), these toxins are liberated into your blood stream entering your liver and kidneys in particular.

Critical for ensuring that calcium is put into the hard tissues (bones and teeth) and protection of the soft tissues, such as the arteries and kidneys, from calcification.

In older pets, radiographs are particularly important in detecting spinal arthritis and intervertebral disc disease, changes in the shape and size of the heart, and detecting abnormal calcification in tissues such as in the kidneys and the urinary bladder.

Measuring the levels of the various substances in the blood provides information about the health of the body's organs and tissues such as the liver, kidney, and pancreas.

Ultrasound is more useful in seeing inside of the organs and detecting soft tissue pathology such as tumors, liver and gall bladder disease, kidney disease, cancer, and other degenerative disease of the organs.

Ultrasound is useful for our Veterinarians to see inside of the organs and detecting soft tissue pathology such as tumors, liver and gall bladder disease, kidney disease, cancer and other degenerative disease of the organs.

Every organ (liver, lungs, spleen, kidneys and so on) contains a supporting framework of fibrous connective tissue as well as nerves to relay information to and from the brain.

Our ultrasound machine is used as another tool to allow us to look at your pets soft tissue structures such as bladder, spleen, liver and kidneys.

We use xrays to look for boney abnormalities, soft tissue problems such as splenic, heart, liver and kidney issues, and problems with the urinary tract.

In dogs, as in humans, the kidneys work to remove waste from the blood and tissues in the body.

The exact causes of chronic kidney failure are unknown, although the loss of healthy kidney tissue may be a result of readily recognizable conditions, such as kidney infections or obstructions; some suggest it is more prominent now due to the dry commercial cat foods fed by most cat owners, instead of the moisture rich prey a cat would eat in nature.

Ultrasound is an exceptional modality for evaluating fluid - filled and soft tissue organs such as the liver, spleen bladder and kidneys.

This technique is an exceptional modality for evaluating fluid - filled and soft tissue organs such as the kidneys, spleen bladder and liver.

These are important for a healthy coat and skin as well as building body tissue and maintaining healthy kidney, lung and liver functions.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Vitapap) can also destroy liver function and damage the kidneys, as well as cause poor oxygen delivery and tissue damage.

Ultrasound is an exceptional modality for evaluating fluid - filled and soft tissue organs such as the bladder, spleen, liver and kidneys.

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