Sentences with phrase «normal blood vessel development»
ADAM17 is crucial to normal blood vessel development but high levels also are suspect in diseases like Alzheimer's and arthritis.
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Because HIF signals cells to produce VEGF, the researchers wondered whether deleting HIF in amacrine and horizontal cells would also stop the pipeline of VEGF and normal intermediate layer blood vessel development.
genes, the team has shown that B. theta helps guide the normal development and functioning of the intestines — including the growth of blood vessels, the proper turnover of epithelial cells, and the marshaling of components of the immune system needed to keep less well behaved bacteria at bay.
-- The symptoms result from an excess of the growth factor PDGF, which prevents the temporary blood vessels of the foetal stage from disappearing, which in turn prevents normal development of blood vessels in the retina, says Karin Forsberg Nilsson, professor at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at the Rudbeck Laboratory, who directed the study.