Sentences with phrase «mediated immune process»

In celiac disease, gliadin triggers a genetically mediated immune process that ultimately causes an inflammatory reaction that results in the destruction of the intestinal villi.

The notion that CD4 + T cells might be the pivotal mediators of corneal graft rejection arose from studies demonstrating the close correlation between delayed - type hypersensitivity (DTH), a classical CD4 + T cell - mediated immune process, and corneal graft rejection in rodents (10, 11).

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No, but it is strongly suggestive of an immune - mediated syndrome rather than a neuro - invasive process,» he says.

CR1 - mediated ATP release by human red blood cells promotes CR1 clustering and modulates the immune - transfer process.

Up to a 30 % reduction in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus is reported for infants who exclusively breastfed for at least 3 months, thus avoiding exposure to cow milk protein.13, 42 It has been postulated that the putative mechanism in the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus is the infant's exposure to cow milk β - lactoglobulin, which stimulates an immune - mediated process cross-reacting with pancreatic β cells.

With extensive knowledge and experience in the management of complicated, multifactoral disease processes, in particular immune mediated, gastrointestinal, renal, respiratory, liver, endocrine and hematologic diseases, we develop and implement long - term treatment plans.

It may be an immune - mediated process or it may be associated with viral or bacterial causes.

The etiology of β - cell destruction in diabetic dogs is often unknown, although there is evidence that it is frequently caused by immune - mediated processes similar to human type 1 diabetes (70 — 72,82 — 84).

Immune - mediated hemolytic anemia - is an immune - mediated process directed against the red blood cells and immunemediated thrombocytopenia is an immune - mediated process directed against the platelets.

Both of these processes can be associated with reactions to drug therapy, other immune mediated diseases, infectious diseases, heartworm disease, etc..

The results obtained from the history, examination and necessary tests will allow the veterinarian to place the skin disease process into one of six categories: allergy, infection, immune - mediated, hormonal, defects in skin metabolism or cancer.

Thyroiditis is an immune - mediated process that develops in genetically susceptible individuals and is characterized by the presence of antithyroid antibodies in the blood or tissues.

In addition to providing thyroid supplementation for dogs showing the typical signs of thyroid disease, we now know that treatment of dogs showing the early stages of thyroiditis (based on the testing described above) is necessary and important to correct the underlying thyroid imbalance, reduce the risk of developing other related immune - mediated disorders, and to control or prevent the process of thyroiditis from progressing to depletion and exhaustion of the thyroid gland.

In dogs, Diabetes is thought to be an immune mediate disease process causing destruction of the cells in the pancreas responsible for the production of insulin [3].

Any of these supportive structures can be affected by congenital deformities, trauma, degenerative disease processes and immune mediated conditions.