Sentences with word «lysyl»

To help prevent such conditions, Iyer and colleagues at The University of Western Australia, Fiona Wood Foundation and Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit, together with Pharmaxis Ltd., (all in Australia) are studying compounds that inhibit an enzyme called lysyl oxidase, or LOX.

Copper is also necessary for the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.

Copper activates an enzyme called lysyl oxidase that's required for collagen maturation.

Wagenseil's novel approach, recently published in Heart and Circulatory Physiology, focused on the genetic signaling and mechanical effects of mutations in lysyl oxidase, or LOX.

Active lysyl oxidase cross-links collagen fibres with other supportive fibres, helping to form the scaffold that supports your skin and soft tissues.

When absorbed, an enzyme called lysyl hydroxylase converts lysine into hydroxylysine.

Avocado oil was found in the study above to decrease lysyl oxidase activity.

The effects inside the body could be drastically different, but in this instance, it's likely that applying avocado oil topically will inhibit lysyl oxidase as well.

Cardioprotective effects of lysyl oxidase inhibition against volume overload - induced extracellular matrix remodeling.

The research published in the journal Metabolism, examined a molecule called Lysyl oxidase (LOX) which regulates scarring by making tissue stiffer.

Avocado has another fresh and interesting mechanism, assuming that the old study was accurate: inhibition of lysyl oxidase.

The study, Lysyl oxidase and adipose tissue dysfunction, found that this molecule is more prevalent in fat tissue of obese people and that it was increased by inflammation and oxygen deprivation.

«The preliminary data strongly suggest that lysyl oxidase inhibition alters the collagen architecture and restores it to the normal architecture found in the skin,» Iyer says.

• Copper — This mineral acts as a co-factor in the enzyme lysyl oxidase.

The next step is the conversion of the baseline hydroxylysine into structural compounds called allysines; this reaction takes place with help from the lysyl oxidase enzyme.

Lysyl oxidase acts like collagenase, breaking down hydroxylysine as it weakens and needs replacing.

In addition, copper plays an important role in the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme needed for the cross-linking of collagen and elastin — the ground substances that provide structure, strength and elasticity in blood vessels, bones and joints.

Copper is also necessary for the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.

The formation of melanin requires copper, an antioxidant, and is part of many enzymes, such as monoamine oxidase, lysyl oxidase, ferroxidase and cytochrome C oxidase.