Sentences with phrase «oxygen leads to cell death»

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«If you have an immature lung that is genetically predisposed to getting BPD, then it's getting hit with supplemental oxygen, this sets off inflammation and leads to cell death.

This is especially dangerous because red blood cells can uptake carbon monoxide faster than oxygen so if there is a lot of carbon monoxide in the air, it can replace oxygen in cells, leading to injury, tissue damage and eventually death.

Studies have shown that excess iodine causes thyroid injury by generating reactive oxygen species, which lead to premature damage and programmed cell death in thyroid tissues.

In this theory, mitochondrial death from reactive oxygen species leads first to cell death, then organ death and that then kills the whole organism.

Also, a 2012 study published on the Medical Journal 3 Biotech shows that the anti-cancer compounds in mushrooms play a crucial role as a reactive oxygen species inducer, mitotic kinase inhibitor, antimitotic, angiogenesis inhibitor, topoisomerase inhibitor all leading to apoptosis (cell death) and eventually checking cancer cell proliferation (4).

Oxygen free radicals are toxic for cells, since they cause damage to cell membranes surrounding living cells as well as their nucleus and other inner organelles, eventually leading to cell death.

The drug within the tumor is activated by a specific wavelength of light to generate intracellular oxygen and lead to death of cells and / or loss of blood supply.