Sentences with phrase «of cell called»

IgE, with attached allergens, circulates throughout the bloodstream to a type of cell called the mast cell.

In an allergic reaction the allergen protein molecules combine with IgE antibody molecules and attach to a type of cell called a mast cell.

The blood work, as well as any analysis of other secretions, should show elevated levels of a particular type of cell called an eosinophil.

It replicates in a particular type of cell called a T - lymphocyte, which is responsible for regulating the immune system.

For more than a century, scientists thought that glial cells were responsible for scar formation; now, however, a paper published in Science shows that spinal cord scar tissue largely derives from a completely unexpected type of cell called a pericyte, opening new opportunities for the treatment of damaged nerve tissue.Lesions to the brain or spinal cord rarely heal fully, which leads to permanent functional impairment.

They found interesting changes in a part of the cell called the nucleus.

The research published by GenoMEL has identified inherited genes which increase melanoma risk which are pigment genes (affecting skin colour and vulnerability to sunburn), genes which are associated with having more moles (melanocytic naevi) and others associated with a part of the genetic makeup of the cell called the telomere.

What distinguishes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from Hodgkin's lymphoma is the absence of a type of cell called the Reed - Sternberg cell.

The structure of the testes depends on a type of cell called Sertoli cells, which maintain the barrier between the bloodstream and the testes and nourish developing sperm cells.

The problem with making blood stem cells proliferate outside the body is that the artificial growth gives rise to an accumulation of abnormal proteins in a part of the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum, ER.

With angiotropism and EVMM, the cancer cells may replace a type of cell called a pericyte, which normally resides on the outsides of blood vessels.

There are two sources of DNA in animals: the nucleus and the energy - producing powerhouses of the cell called the mitochondria.

One group was born from eggs whose nuclei had been replaced with genetic matter from a type of cell called a cumulus cell that surrounds the ovaries.

Many scientists believe that targeting a type of cell called a cancer stem cell may be necessary to completely cure lung cancer.

One of the types of cells called into action are T lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that fights infection.

This early, your baby is still just a mass of cells called embryoy An amniotic sac is just starting around this mass of cellsl It is not bigger than a small pinhead which will rapidly see growth in the next 38 - 42 weeks where it becomes a full babyb

A layer of cells called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is essential for supporting and nourishing the retina cells that capture light for vision.

Each is housed within a sac of cells called a follicle.

This new type of power source is modeled after rows of cells called electrocytes in the electric organ that runs along an electric eel's body.

Unlike the micro-hearts, these are made from random clumps of cells called organoids which make them less like the real thing.

A dense layer of cells called the blood - brain barrier protects the organ from germs circulating in the body, and from the immune cells that combat them.

One central developmental change — in a temporary clump of cells called the neural crest — may be behind the suite of characteristics known as domestication syndrome.

In some cases, a minority of cells called TICs, or cancer stem cells, are culpable of repopulating the tumor after therapy.

The researchers studied two types of cells called effector T cells, which activate the immune system to defend our body against different pathogens, and regulatory T cells, which help control the immune system and prevent it from attacking healthy parts of its environment.

The result can be the chaotic mass of cells called a tumor.)

In the flightless Orai mutant flies, SOCE was inhibited in a set of cells called «dopaminergic interneurons» — nerve cells that used dopamine to relay signals.

Researchers at the Feinstein Institute know how to make cartilage from a mixture of cells called chondrocytes, nutrients to feed them, and collagen, which holds it all together.

The informants are a group of cells called dendritic cells, which chew up infected and damaged cells and present the regurgitated pieces to T cells.

In particular, the scientists studied the formation of a mass of cells called a blastema that serves as a reservoir for regenerating tissues.

Research carried out between the groups of Wolf Reik and Peter Rugg - Gunn in the Epigenetics research programme at the Babraham Institute have investigated the early stages of the development of cells called primordial germ cells and developed strategies to generate these cells in the lab.

In all land vertebrates (including humans), spines form from only one group of cells called somites.

GREEN GLOB - LINS Spurred by a dose of misfolded proteins, a 20 - week - old mouse developed clumps of deformed proteins (green) in a cluster of cells called an islet (red) in its pancreas.

«This last percentage is made up of cells called «sentinel» cells.

One reason for this, explains Hai - Hui (Howard) Xue, MD, PhD, UI professor of microbiology and immunology, is that there are two kinds of tumor cells — bulk leukemia cells that can be killed by TKI drugs, and a subset of cells called leukemia stem cells, which are resistant to TKIs and to chemotherapy.

Circuits of cells called mirror neurons that fire or send out signals when we see someone act in a way that's familiar may have played a role in a 20 - point, post — Republican Convention swing in allegiances among white, female Obama supporters to the GOP ticket, says Marco Iacoboni, author of the book Mirroring People: The Science of How We Connect with Others.

The wall of the uterus is lined by a layer of cells called the endometrium (see figure).

Solid tumours are reported to possess a sub set of cells called Side Population expressing various stem like cell markers, self - renewal capacity and ability to give rise to differentiated cells [23, 24].

They belong to a class of cells called the glia, and they're called astrocytes because they're shaped like stars (sort of).

To deliver the therapy, clinicians draw a group of cells called bone marrow mononuclear cells from patients» hips.

Cutting VEGF levels in the tumor in turn increases the activity of cells called pericytes that surround the blood vessels, stabilizing them and making them more susceptible to chemotherapy, Cheresh explained.

Behind the photoreceptors is another layer of cells called retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which support the rods and cones by delivering nutrients from the bloodstream and removing waste that the rods and cones generate.

At three to five days, the embryo develops into a ball of cells called a blastocyst.

Their starting point was a group of cells called the columella at the tip of the root, which is known to sense gravity.

In the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, available today online, Dr. Farese and his team show how a protein called progranulin prevents a class of cells called microglia from becoming «hyperactive.»

Within the lymph node, T - cells crawl along a meshwork made up of cells called fibroblastic reticular cells.

But this much is known: inside the caterpillar's body are clusters of cells called imaginal buds.

One of those is a group of cells called lymphocytes.

In ulcerative colitis, when inflammation occurs there is an activation of cells called mast cells.

When it becomes more acidic, there's a higher rate of activity of cells called osteoclasts, which break down bone.

The lens consists of a core, called the nucleus, surrounded by an outer layer called the cortex, coated with a thin layer of cells called the capsule.