The toxicity of chokeberry extract
on normal blood vessel lining cells was tested and found to have no effects up to the highest levels used (50 ug / ml), suggesting that the cell death effect is happening in a way other than through preventing new blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis), a process that is important in cancer cell growth.
Not exact matches
Tienush Rassaf, MD (University Hospital Essen, Germany) and his colleagues tested the potential of cocoa flavanols, a subgroup of plant - derived polyphenols that are present in cocoa and have been shown to have beneficial effects
on blood vessel function in individuals with
normal kidney function.
They didn't develop tumors any faster than
normal, and they didn't have any alterations in their
blood vessels, which the researchers had anticipated based
on BAI1's role in regulating
blood vessel growth.
«ECPR and a factor in the
blood called protein C act as a «brake»
on blood coagulation and endothelial cell inflammation and also enhance the viability and integrity of
blood vessels, but when the malaria parasites use PfEMP1 to bind EPCR, they may interfere with the
normal function of EPCR, and thus the binding can be the catalyst for the violent reaction,» he explains.
But
normal blood vessel function depends
on the body's ability to naturally produce a compound called nitric oxide (NO).
Even a single meal high in saturated fat can have an adverse effect
on blood vessels by inhibiting vasodilation, the
normal increase in the diameter of
blood vessels that occurs after a meal.
Fly strike, with its red, crusty, bleeding lesions
on the tips of a dog's ears can look just like mange, scratching from allergies, vasculitis — swollen, inflamed
blood vessels — or erythematosis, an autoimmune disorder where the animal's immune system attacks
normal, healthy tissue.
By their physical presence, they cause harm in two ways: they block the
normal forward flow of
blood, causing an excessive workload
on the heart, and they also damage the inner lining of the
blood vessels, which gives rise to
blood clots that cut off circulation to parts of the lungs.