Sentences with phrase «normal gland cells»

Adenocarcinomas behave malignantly but how aggressively malignant they are depends not on whether they are tubular or papillary, but on other cellular characteristics described by the pathologist (such as how quickly the cells appear to be dividing and how closely they resemble normal gland cells).

Not exact matches

«Perhaps there are some mammary gland stem cells that can be coaxed to have a slightly broader potential than normal, but I very much doubt that embryonic - like cells normally exist in the breast,» says Robin Lovell - Badge of the National Institute for Medical Research in London.

Being obese or having a higher body mass index (BMI) while carrying a BRCA (BReast CAncer gene) mutation is positively linked with higher levels of damage to the DNA in normal breast gland cells, new research suggests.

In previous studies, the research team, headed by Pier Paolo Di Fiore and Salvatore Pece, investigated the role of a protein called Numb in maintaining stem cells in normal mammary gland development in mice.

However, when challenged by an oncogene, the normal mammary epithelial cells in these involuted glands did not aberrantly activate STAT5 (Figure 8A) when compared to mammary cells that gained caErbB2 first and were later exposed to pregnancy hormones (Figure 3A).

A normal healthy vaginal discharge is generally whitish and milky in appearance and consists of secretions from the cervical glands and various cells that line the vaginal and cervical surfaces.

«With an underactive thyroid, the body compensates up to a point, but if the gland is unable to put out a normal amount of thyroid hormone, the body will slowly lose the ability to... create energy, not only for day - to - day activity, but also for the growth and metabolism of cells,» says Dr. Bernstein.

The iodine travels through the cat's body to accumulate in the thyroid glands where it destroys the over-productive cells while leaving the normal cells alone.

First described in 1842 by Gustav Simon, a French dermatologist, Demodex mites are normal skin inhabitants of many mammals, and > 140 species of Demodex have been identified (2 in humans, 3 in dogs).1 The mites live in hair follicles as well as the sebaceous glands and ducts and feed off of sebum, cells, and debris from the epidermis.2, 3 In dogs, the mites are passed from the bitch to her puppies through close contact while nursing.

Hypothyroidism is triggered when the thyroid gland begins to waste away (called atrophy) or from a condition called lyphocytic inflammation, which is a condition where cells called lymphocytes enter the thyroid gland, and then turn normal tissue into fibrous tissue (fibrous tissue is common connective tissue in your dog's body).

This condition is caused by the normal aging process of the gland, as it increases in size and production of cells.

The outcome for patients with malignant mammary gland tumors depends on several factors including tumor type, histologic grade (appearance of the tumor cells under the microscope and how similar or dissimilar they are to normal tissues), tumor size, and tumor stage (presence of regional and distant metastasis).