Sentences with phrase «necrosis factor cells»

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Similar to capsaicin, tumor necrosis factor is suspected to both induce and reduce cancer cell growth, and was shown to commit cells to survival when stimulating EGFR transactivation mechanisms, indicating that EGFR could act as a molecular switch determining the antiapoptotic effect of tumor necrosis factor (50).

NF - kB enables cancer cells to survive the pro-apoptotic influence of tumor necrosis factor that is released by tumor infiltrating macrophages;

But two cytokines — interleukin - 17 (IL - 17) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-- are overexpressed in psoriasis, leading the immune system to attack a person's own skin cells.

Necrosis is virtually the opposite: The cell isn't trying to die, but factors such as blood loss or oxygen deprivation make it swell and explode.

The activation dynamics of the transcription factor NF - κB exhibit damped oscillatory behavior when cells are stimulated by tumor necrosis factor — α (TNFα) but stable behavior when stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

The protein senses a potent immune molecule called tumour necrosis factor (TNF) that destroys cancerous cells but that is also implicated in autoimmune disease.

They have detected, for example, revved up signaling molecules involved in inflammation, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and other cytokines; skewed populations of natural killer cells and other immune cells; imbalances in the protein - destroying enzymes called proteases; and a shortening of the telomeres, the «end caps» on chromosomes, which indicates prematurely aged cells.

At the same time, other switches get flipped throughout the body, modifying everything from metabolism to cell growth, via other cytokines, such as IL - 6 and tumor necrosis factor — a, and things like CRP, which mark bacteria for destruction.

In the process they induce inflammation; the cells also secrete other inflammatory chemicals, like interleukin - 6 and tumor necrosis factor - alpha, which are known to adhere to the endothelium of the blood vessels, an early event in atherosclerosis.

Inflammation is a known feature of heart failure, and it is associated with high levels of inflammatory proteins called cytokines — including one called tumor necrosis factor alpha or TNF - a — that ramp up immune cell responses.

↵ 3 The abbreviations used are: HUVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial cell; DiI - Ac - LDL, 1,1 ′ - dioctadecyl - 3,3,3 ′, 3 ′ - tetramethyl - indocarbocyanine acetylated low - density lipoprotein; FACS, fluorescence - activated cell sorting; FGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor; Flk, fetal liver kinase; ICAM, intercellular adhesion molecule; mAb, monoclonal antibody; PE, phycoerythrin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; VCAM, vascular cell adhesion molecule.

In the study, the biomedical engineers killed the cancerous tumor cells within days, by injecting liposomes armed with TRAIL (Tumor necrosis factor Related Apoptosis - Inducing Ligand) that attach to «natural killer» cells — a type of white blood cell — residing in the lymph nodes.

Such genes might include those for various cytokines — substances produced by cells of the immune system — such as tumour necrosis factor, interleukins and interferons.

Takeda K, Hayakawa Y, Smyth MJ, Kayagaki N, Yamaguchi N, Kakuta S, Iwakura Y, Yagita H, Okumura K. Involvement of tumor necrosis factor - related apoptosis - inducing ligand in surveillance of tumor metastasis by liver NK cells.

Antonio Lanzavecchia finds that efficient presentation of soluble antigen by cultured human dendritic cells is maintained by granulocyte / macrophage colony - stimulating factor plus interleukin 4 and downregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Han et al. demonstrated that in Caco2 cells, extracellular NAD + inhibited the binding of NF - kB to DNA by blocking the transcription of different genes involved in both inflammatory and aging pathways (interlukin - 6, interlukin - 1 beta, tumor necrosis factor alpha) 27.

Anna Huttenlocher, University of Wisconsin, USA Neutrophils in the Tumor Microenvironment Neutrophils, Wounds, and Cancer Progression Stefan Kaufmann, Max Planck Institute, Germany Pathology and immune reactivity: understanding multidimensionality in pulmonary tuberculosis Constitutive BAK activation as a determinant of drug sensitivity in malignant lymphohematopoietic cells Kathryn Moore, New York University, USA MicroRNA -33-dependent regulation of macrophage metabolism directs immune cell polarization in atherosclerosis Lalita Ramakrishnan, University of Cambridge, UK Myeloid Growth Factors Promote Resistance to Mycobacterial Infection by Curtailing Granuloma Necrosis through Macrophage Replenishment Beth Stevens, Harvard University, USA Microglia: Dynamic Mediators of Synapse Development and Plasticity Do glia drive synaptic and cognitive impairment in disease?

Tumor necrosis factor alpha and inflammation disrupt the polarity complex in intestinal epithelial cells by a posttranslational mechanism.

A Role for Focal Adhesion Kinase Signaling in Tumor Necrosis Factor - α — Dependent Matrix Metalloproteinase - 9 Production in a Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Line, CCKS1

25: Radaeva S, Sun R, Jaruga B, Nguyen VT, Tian Z, Gao B. Natural killer cells ameliorate liver fibrosis by killing activated stellate cells in NKG2D - dependent and tumor necrosis factor - related apoptosis - inducing ligand - dependent manners.

Recently, some other cytokines (such as tumor necrosis factor) or chemical drugs were also found to up - regulate several IFN - inducible gene family members (including RIG - G) through production of type I IFNs (37, 38), further indicating that the induction of RIG - G by ATRA in NB4 cells was tightly related with an IFNα autocrine pathway.

These cells were functionally heterogeneous, produced barrier - protective cytokines, and stimulated intestinal stromal and epithelial cells via interleukin 17A, interferon gamma, and tumor necrosis factor.

We also found that several carriage strains had lost their type IV pili and that this loss correlated with reduced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF - α) expression when cultured with epithelial cells.

The researchers measured the productivity of cells which made 2 important cytokines, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa) and interleukin - 6 (IL - 6).

And according to recent studies conducted in Japan, the full ripe bananas with dark patches on their skin produce the largest quantity of TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), a cytokine that fights abnormal tumor cells in the body by stimulating the production of white blood cells and assisting their communication.

While they all are created to help combat inflammation, some biologics go after T cells, others target TNF (tumor necrosis factor), B cells, or IL pathways.

In Lyme, white blood cells that attack germs produce inflammatory cytokines like interleukin - 6 and tissue necrosis factor alpha.

Duntas (2015) articulates, «In susceptible individuals, iodine excess increases intra-thyroid infiltrating Th17 cells and inhibits T regulatory (Treg) cells development, while it triggers an abnormal expression of tumor necrosis factor - related apoptosis - inducing ligand (TRAIL) in thyrocytes, thus inducing apoptosis and parenchymal destruction» (31, p. 721).

The release of inflammatory cytokines, or intercellular signaling molecules such as interleukin - 1 (IL - 1), interleukin - 2 (IL - 6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF - α) at the site of immune activation causes other immune cells migrating throughout the lymphatic vessels of the body to express more cell adhesion molecules (CAMs).

Closely monitoring several markers of cell damage (including creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, prostaglandin - E and tumor necrosis factor - alpha) in their sample of 18 male athletes (who used 20 grams of creatine monohydrate per day for five days, mixed with 60 grams of maltodextrine), the researchers found levels of these markers were reduced after the race, compared to 16 control subjects who took only the maltodextrine.

Researchers report that curcumin reduces all pro-inflammatory molecules in cartilage cells and in membranes that line the joints, among them tumor necrosis factor — which destroys joint cartilage — and vascular endothelial growth factor, which promotes excessive growth of blood vessels in inflamed joints.

The numerous flavonoids found in astragalus appear to enhance cell - mediated immunity by increasing the number of T - helper cell type 2 cytokines, increasing levels of tumor necrosis factor and interleukin - 6, which stimulates the activity of macrophages, responsible for killing potentially harmful cells.

Endotoxin impairs mitochondria, increases estrogen levels, causes Kupffer cells in the liver to produce more tumor necrosis factor, etc..

Curcumin likewise suppresses production of monocyte chemoattractant protein - 1 (MCP - 1), interferon - inducible protein, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and interleukin - 12 (IL - 12), cytokines which recruit or activate immune cells and perpetuate pro-inflammatory immune cascades (Chainani, 2003).

Aloe also contains high amounts of an immune - stimulating polysaccharide, especially mannose, which has been shown to induce white blood cells to secrete interferon, tumor necrosis factor, and beneficial cytokines.

Since cells can be exposed to growth factors earlier in the healing process (in situations where they wouldn't otherwise be, either because of necrosis or hypoxia or lack of bloodflow), the conversion of collagen types can be modulated and the subsequent formation of scars can be mitigated.

It was expected that association of parenting with health would be mediated either by effects on methylation of a key inflammatory factor, Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), or else by association with a pro-inflammatory shift in the distribution of mononuclear blood cells.

Tumor necrosis factor - alpha inhibits hTERT gene expression in human myeloid normal and leukemic cells